More young adults are also being diagnosed, according to Yale Medicine and the Cancer Research Institute. According to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), colorectal cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The CDC ...

The incidence of colorectal cancer among the target population of older Americans declined from 2003-2007, especially in states with higher screening rates, according to a release from the Centers for ...

More than 75 percent of primary care physicians in the United States who order or perform the fecal occult blood test as a screening option for colorectal cancer perform an in-office test rather than ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health $15 million over five years for its cancer education, early detection, comprehensive ...

CDC report credits higher rates of survival to early detection and treatment. March 10, 2011 — -- By the third grade, Dan Pardi of Norwood, Mass., could say he'd collected more than 100,000 ...