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Gut Docs Lose Their Edge Leaning On AI Assistance For Colonscopy
THURSDAY, Aug. 14, 2025 — Artificial intelligence (AI) is being touted as a means of improving doctors’ effectiveness, but the new tool might dull their skills in some instances, a new study argues. S...
Adenoma Detection Rate of Standard Colonoscopy Declines After Exposure to AI-Assisted Colonoscopy
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 – Exposure to artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy is associated with a reduction in the adenoma detection rate (ADR) by endoscopists performing standard...
Mailed At-Home Test Kits Most Effective for Boosting Colorectal Cancer Screening
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 – Mailing a stool-based test directly to people's homes is the most effective strategy for increasing colorectal cancer screening rates, according to a study published online...
Sending Unsolicited Stool Test Kits The Best Way To Boost Colon Cancer Screening, Study Argues
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 — Automatically mailing a stool test kit to people’s homes might be the best way to boost colon cancer screening among younger adults, a new study says. More 45- to 49-...
Lowered Screening Age Leads To More Colon Cancers Detected Earlier
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6, 2025 — There’s been a steep increase in colon cancer cases among adults 45 to 49 in recent years, and that’s a good thing, experts say. This upsurge means that more colon cancers ar...
Follow-Up on Blood-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Results Is Low
TUESDAY, Aug. 5, 2025 – Just under half of patients receiving an abnormal blood-based colorectal cancer screening test result receive a follow-up colonoscopy (FU-CY) within six months, according to ...
Blood-Based Colon Cancer Tests Work, But Many Patients Skip Follow-Up
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 — You try one of the new blood-based tests for colon cancer, and unfortunately, the results come back “abnormal.” Those are alarming findings, of course. But for too many U.S...
Considerable Proportion of Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Claims Involve Cost-Sharing
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 – A considerable proportion of bowel preparation claims for screening colonoscopy involve patient cost-sharing, according to a research letter published online June 20 in...
CT Colonography Cost-Effective, Clinically Effective for CRC Screening
MONDAY, June 16, 2025 – Computed tomography colonography (CTC) is cost-effective and clinically effective for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, according to a study published online June 10 in...
CT Scans Outperform DNA Stool Tests In Colon Cancer Screening, Study Says
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 — CT scans might be able to prevent more colon cancers than stool DNA tests, a new study says. CT colonography performed every three to five years could ward off more cases of c...
Bacterial Toxin Implicated In Young Adult Colon Cancers
MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – Colon cancer cases have been increasing among younger adults, and now researchers think they’ve identified a potential culprit. A bacterial toxin called colibactin, produced ...
Colon Cancer Screening Program Cut Cases, Deaths, Eliminated Racial Gaps
FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 – A Kaiser Permanente colon cancer screening initiative put a huge dent in cancer cases and deaths over two decades, a new study says. The systematic outreach program doubled...
DDW: Systematic Program Increases Likelihood of Up-to-Date Colorectal Cancer Screening
FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 – A systematic program of monitoring colorectal cancer (CRC) screening status increases up-to-date screening status, according to a study presented at the 2025 Digestive...
Cancer Prevention Not Yet Recovered From Pandemic-Era Declines, Report Says
THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 – The effects of COVID-19 continue to reverberate in the cancer risk factors of Americans, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) study says. Screening for breast and colon...
Supreme Court Case Targets Free Preventive Care Provided By The Affordable Care Act
MONDAY, April 21, 2025 – Colonoscopy for younger adults. Chest CT scans for lung cancer. Statin meds to lower cholesterol. Screening for drug addiction. More than 150 million Americans might lose...