David A. Johnson, MD, MACG, FASGE, chief of the division of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk discusses how — even as additional screening options are introduced to ...

A recently published study in a high-profile medical journal appeared to call into question the efficacy of colonoscopy, a proven and widely utilized strategy for the screening and prevention of ...

However experts say many of those deaths could be prevented. Colorectal cancer is one of the cancers for which effective screening exists. For one thing, colorectal cancer nearly always develops from ...

Although colonoscopy is widely used as a screening test to detect colorectal cancer, its effect on the risks of colorectal cancer and related death is unclear. We performed a pragmatic, randomized ...

SAN DIEGO — In the ever-expanding options for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, blood tests using precision medicine are becoming more advanced and convenient than ever; however, caveats abound, and ...

On Sunday, the New England Journal of Medicine published the interim results of a landmark trial examining the effect of inviting people to colonoscopy screening. The paper, which STAT covered, ...

Screening commercially insured individuals for colorectal cancer is a high-value service, costing less per year of life saved than breast or cervical cancer screening. Objectives: The purpose of this ...