Colorectal cancer is preventable and ‘highly treatable’ if detected early, according to the National Cancer Institute.Photograph: Halfpoint/Getty Images Colorectal cancer is the third-most diagnosed ...

You should be able to resume normal exercise 24 hours after a colonoscopy. Sedation during the procedure affects your body, so avoid working out until you've fully recovered. Always consult your ...

More than 100,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year, according to estimations by the American Cancer Society (ACS). Medical professionals generally agree that getting a ...

Guardant Health is breaking barriers and hoping to get more people screened through the “Shield” test. In 2024, over 53,000 ...

Delayed reporting of cancer diagnosis by registries probably led to the weaker-than-expected effects of screening colonoscopy in preventing colorectal cancer (CRC) observed in the NordICC trial, a new ...

Instead of a colonoscopy, a healthcare professional will typically order the following tests to check for signs of liver damage: Although a colonoscopy does not check for liver damage, it can help ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Diagnosing Crohn's disease can involve multiple tests, including ...

A randomised trial shows 200 mg simethicone with PEG-ELS is as effective as 1200 mg for bowel cleansing and adenoma detection in afternoon colonoscopy.

Having a doctor stick a camera up your butt searching for cells that could turn into cancer is never going to be fun. But it’s still the most effective way to screen for colon and rectal cancer, the ...

Stool-based DNA testing can help bridge CRC screening gaps between rural and urban populations by providing timely follow-up. A study finds rural and nonrural patients have similar follow-up times ...

Individuals with a positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT) whose follow-up colonoscopy was negative for colorectal cancer (CRC) had higher rates of interval CRC occurrence and mortality than those ...