Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has launched an initiative to mail stool-based screening kits for colorectal cancer directly to patient's homes.

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

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Cancer screenings are essential for detecting cancer early—often before symptoms appear—when treatment is most effective.

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Researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research in London have developed a new test that can predict colorectal cancer risk ...

A new blood test was found to detect colon cancer with more than 80% accuracy — and to rule it out for 90% of healthy people.

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Both Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean announced they will retire at the end of the year and will leave their roles as head ...

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

The frequency of polyp diagnoses in close relatives was strongly associated with colorectal cancer risk. Polyp history in second-degree relatives was only influential with multiple polyp diagnoses.