People aged 50 to 74 in Lincolnshire will be offered a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years starting in April, health bosses say. The Lincolnshire bowel cancer screening team said it was ...

Patients at community health centers were more likely to participate in colon cancer screening if they were mailed a test kit that looks for abnormal DNA linked to cancer, researchers reported April ...

Overall, the incidence of colorectal cancer has decreased over the decades, largely in part due to the use of screening modalities, such as colonoscopy. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause ...

Regular preventive screenings can make a life-changing difference—especially when it comes to cancer. According to the ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - The American Cancer Society and the Franklin Hospital will offer free colon cancer testing at an event in March to stress the importance of colorectal cancer screening.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Rutgers University study found about half of those who use home-based colon cancer tests fail to retest annually, increasing ...

Eleven cancers - including bowel cancer - are becoming more common in young people in England, according to a major study, but exactly why remains a bit of a mystery. Rising levels of obesity are ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) and Crusade Against Colon Cancer coalition partners announced Friday that easy-to-use colon cancer screening kits are ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Why didn’t you recommend one of the at-home kits for the person with Lynch syndrome who had a bad reaction during her colonoscopy? I don’t ever intend to have another colonoscopy. It ...