Increasing colorectal cancer screening rates among communities with the greatest need is the goal of a five-year, $4.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to Penn ...

CDC study finds that 2 out of 3 Americans are getting tested for colon cancer. July 6, 2010— -- More and more adults over the age of 50 are getting screened for colon cancer, according to a new ...

July 6, 2010 — The United States continues to make progress with regard to increasing the rate of colorectal cancer screening. But there seems to be a different story with breast cancer screening, ...

Despite the fiscal challenges facing the federal government, in a letter written to Congress, eight GI societies urged lawmakers to fund the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Colorectal ...

The U.S. government and colorectal cancer prevention partners have set a goal to screen at least 80 percent of adults ages 50 to 75 for colorectal cancer, and a study from CDC researchers determined ...

Every year, doctors diagnose more than 107,000 cases of colorectal cancer. While survival rates have improved, it's still the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women combined. Knowing ...

Three-quarters of physicians who use a fecal occult blood test to screen for colorectal cancer use an office test rather than the more sensitive home test, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Colorectal cancer rates have been rising in children, teens, and young adults in recent years. Researchers recently studied different types of diets and bacteria to see if the gut microbiome and diet ...

New research says there's been a sharp rise in cases of colon cancer in Americans under 45.