While the new Shield blood test may motivate more people to get screened for colorectal cancer, it also comes with downsides, ...

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Positive results of a colon cancer study conducted by Exact Sciences prompt the CEO of competitor Guardant Health to publicly ...

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Exact’s test could compete with Guardant Health’s Shield blood test, which received approval from the Food and Drug Administration in July.

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An experimental blood test could one day help identify people most likely to develop severe lung problems like chronic ...

Urologist Dr. Arpeet Shah discuses the importance of early screenings for Black men and the benefits of HIFU therapy.

Eating more than 100g of red meat daily might increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer by 17 percent, the Health ...

Blood tests for cancer detection, known as liquid biopsies, can still be unreliable, but progress is being made. Competition between different diagnostics companies is also intensifying.

Exact Sciences released data from a study of its blood-based colorectal cancer screening test that showed sensitivities of 88.3% for colorectal cancer and 31.2% for advanced precancerous lesions.