The push to start routine colorectal cancer screening at age 45 has expanded the eligible pool by millions, and as demand rises, gastroenterologists and facilities are facing growing concerns about ...

While screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) with a blood-based test would result in better outcomes than no screening at all, it would likely result in worse outcomes than currently available tests -- ...

Iowa is the least expensive state in the U.S. to undergo a colonoscopy with a biopsy, according to Sidecar Health’s care calculator. In Iowa, a colonoscopy with a biopsy costs $1,700 in a hospital ...

Endoscopy and colonoscopy are both minimally invasive procedures using similar tools. However, they have different purposes. Doctors use endoscopy in several tests throughout the body, but they ...

One of the most exciting applications of precision medicine is the minimally to noninvasive technique of isolating tumor DNA from biofluids for diagnostic purposes—the aptly named liquid biopsy. This ...

Mohammad Samad's stage 3 colon cancer was misdiagnosed as stress, IBS, and Crohn's disease.

A woman who dismissed blood in her stool as hemorrhoids was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer. Meagan Meadows, 24, ...

When I ask people over the age of 45 if they have had a screening colonoscopy for colon cancer, a lot of them answer “no.” And when I ask them if they plan on getting a colonoscopy in the next few ...

Why Do People Get a Colonoscopy for Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and sores to form in the large intestine and rectum. It ...

I am a 64-year-old female who is in moderate health. After a monthslong bout of diarrhea, blood work, and a colonoscopy, I’ve been diagnosed with microscopic colitis. After a round of budesonide, my ...

A woman who dismissed blood in her stool as hemorrhoids was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer. Meagan Meadows, 24, started experiencing blood in her stool in October 2024, but after chatting ...

Sigmoid colon biopsy from a patient with treated ulcerative colitis showing chronic inflammation in the lamina propria and a focal area (black arrow in a) with intraepithelial and lamina propria ...