The vision of a single blood test that could screen for dozens of different cancers has tantalized oncologists for more than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer, ...

Cancer screening is at a turning point. For decades, most tests focused on one form of the disease — like mammograms for breast cancer or colonoscopies for colorectal cancer — but new advances have ...

In July, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new blood-based test to screen for colorectal cancer (CRC). The FDA's approval of Shield (Guardant Health) marks a notable achievement, as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung cancer screening remains strikingly underused, with ...

Screening for the second leading cause of cancer deaths just got a bit easier. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of a new blood test for colorectal cancer (CRC).

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

Mailed HPV self-collection kits more than doubled cervical cancer screening participation compared to a telephone reminder Screening rates increased to 41.1% and 46.6% with self-collection kits versus ...

A large real-world study found that fewer than half of adults who started colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with an at-home stool test completed the recommended repeat test, creating gaps in ...

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 ...

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer, including a self-collection option that allows some women to test ...