At-home colon cancer screening compares well with colonoscopy
Researchers report that at-home colon cancer screening could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer death by 33%. The findings were published on July 19, 2024 in JAMA Network… read more.
Researchers report that at-home colon cancer screening could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer death by 33%. The findings were published on July 19, 2024 in JAMA Network… read more.
The rate of colorectal cancer screenings more than doubled when patients were given a choice between which type of screening they wanted—a take-home kit or colonoscopy—compared to those… read more.
More than 20 million Americans undergo colonoscopy screenings every year, and in many of those cases, doctors end up removing polyps that are 2 cm or larger and… read more.
Screening for colon cancer reduces cancer rates by substantially more than previous analyses of randomized trials suggest, according to a study co-authored by an MIT economist that takes… read more.
In England, 37 people die each day from bowel cancer, but screening using faecal blood testing followed by a colonoscopy can reduce both the incidence of this cancer… read more.
A research team from the lab of Quing Zhu, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering… read more.