An experimental blood test can effectively and accurately detect colon cancer in middle-aged folks and seniors, a new study ...

Research that has not yet been peer-reviewed shows the newest blood test is more than 80% accurate in detecting colon cancer ...

Despite the availability of several noninvasive tests for colorectal cancer, prioritizing blood-based tests may result in ...

An investigational blood-based test identified nearly 80% of individuals who had colorectal cancer, according to results of a large prospective trial presented at ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers ...

Guardant Health stock hit a 13-month high Tuesday after Medicare officials agreed to pay for the company's colon cancer blood test.

They may need a blood or stool sample. For example, a blood test can indicate inflammation or help rule out certain diagnoses. The best approach depends on the cause of the bowel changes.

After a year and a half, an answer came finally in the form of a Facebook ad for Tiny Health, a Silicon Valley start-up that could test her baby’s gut microbiome. Using a bead of stool swabbed ...

Along with those, Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis may make you lose weight without trying, and make your stool look bloody or black. You could also see blood ... the screening tests the doctor ...

(Researchers have likened this to stool tests for blood to screen for colon cancer which are less reliable than a colonoscopy but may be helpful for those who decline a colonoscopy.) While less ...

Early symptoms are likely and include bowel habit changes, blood in the stool, and unexplained weight loss ... begins with abnormal growths in the colon called polyps. Screening tests, like ...

An accurate new blood test for colon cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US, has been reported.