Most polyps may be benign, but some will eventually develop into cancer. The size of a polyp and the number of polyps in the colon may be ... may include blood in the stool, abdominal pain and ...

A recent article showed that an AI-assisted colonoscopy detected more polyps and cancers. In the future, colonoscopies should ...

Tests that rely on finding small amounts of blood in your poop are based on the fact that blood vessels on large polyps and cancers are easily damaged by stool passing through your colon.

Colonoscopy Still Beats New Blood Tests at Spotting Colon ... or polyps. For the study, researchers pooled together data on six commercially available or in-development blood- and stool-based ...

Colorectal cancer is now one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in men and women under 50 years old. Here’s what to know ...

Because the more established colonoscopies and stool tests are more effective at detecting early cancers and precancerous polyps than the emerging blood tests, their long-term impact is projected to ...

Colorectal cancer develops in the tissues of the colon or rectum ... at detecting polyps. The new Stanford research found that colonoscopies and, to a lesser extent, stool tests are vastly more ...

New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many ...

Two and a half times more colon cancer ... either cancer or polyps. For the study, researchers pooled together data on six commercially available or in-development blood- and stool-based screening ...