Colonoscopies are still the gold standard, but experts now endorse a high-tech stool test and a blood draw amid rising rates ...

Background: Racially and ethnically minoritized patients are underscreened for colorectal cancer, resulting in racial/ethnic disparities.

Programs that support patients in the screening process or mail stool test kits to their homes are most effective at boosting colorectal cancer screening rates.

Patients received either mailed FIT with automated text message outreach from study personnel or mailed FIT-DNA with the manufacturer's outreach protocol. HealthDay News — Colorectal cancer (CRC ...

At-home colon cancer tests typically involve mailing in a self-collected stool sample, though each type of test follows a ...

Mailing fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) directly to patients significantly increased colorectal cancer screening rates compared to active choice approaches. The study involved 20,509 adults ...

SAN DIEGO -- An emphasis on fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) as a screening strategy for colorectal cancer allowed a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital to return to pre-COVID-19 pandemic ...