LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) and Crusade Against Colon Cancer coalition partners announced Monday that easy-to-use colon cancer screening kits are ...

In a new study aimed at identifying the best approach to promote colorectal cancer screening in adults aged 45 to 49, UCLA researchers found that simply mailing a stool-based test directly to people's ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...

Cologuard is a colon cancer screening test you can do at home. It’s a noninvasive, stool-based test that comes in a kit. You use the kit to collect a stool sample. Then you send the sample to a lab ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita’s Ascension Via Christi is offering free colorectal screening kits to anyone 45 and older while supplies last. To receive a kit, call 316-268-5890 for one to be mailed.

CHEYENNE – According to the CDC, when cells in the body grow out of control, this leads to cancer. If cancer starts in the colon or rectum, it’s called colorectal cancer (colon cancer). Colorectal ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to clarify recommendations for colorectal cancer screening. As a gastroenterologist, the most meaningful part of my job is preventing colorectal cancer by ...

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer related deaths in men and women under age 50. According to the American Cancer ...

Colorectal cancer was once considered primarily a disease of aging. But rates are now on the rise among younger adults. Since 2011, colon cancer rates among people younger than 50 have increased by ...