The kit, a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), uses antibodies to detect blood in stool. This blood is an early warning sign of colon cancer, and those who test positive are urged to undergo a ...

You receive a small kit at your home address ... The benefits to an at-home colorectal cancer screening are obvious: skipping the bowel prep, sedation and time off work that comes with a colonoscopy.

Sanford developed a database of who should be sent a home screening kit. The number they came up with is a big one.

Colonoscopies are considered the gold standard for detecting colorectal cancer ... The FDA last year approved at-home blood and stool tests for the disease, but are they a match for colonoscopies?

At-home test kits, also known as at-home medical tests or self-tests, are kits that you can purchase online, at supermarkets, or at your local pharmacy and use to detect or monitor certain ...

Ashland County health officials are seeking grant money to increase at-home colorectal cancer screening kits — despite a ...

An experimental blood test can effectively and accurately detect colon cancer in middle-aged folks and seniors, a new study says. The research is published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.