For years, a diagnosis of colon cancer meant potential surgery followed by a painful round of chemotherapy to kill the remaining cancer cells. One-size-fits-all treatment was normal. A new blood test ...

Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men under 50 in the United States, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

About a decade later, the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce (USPSTF) issued updated guidelines recommending annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT for adults ages 50 to 80 years with a 20 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Greg Licholai writes and teaches about innovation in healthcare. It should be noted that the Galleri test not currently ...

Some claim the new multi-cancer detection tests will “revolutionize” cancer screening. Others fear the “worried well” will succumb to slick marketing and subpar tests and overwhelm both primary care ...

MADISON, Wis., September 10, 2025 — Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a leader in cancer diagnostics, today announced the launch of the Cancerguard™ test, a new multi-cancer early detection (MCED) ...

“Home-based self-sampling has the potential to remove many of the barriers women face when it comes to cervical cancer screening,” lead researcher Sanjay Shete said in a news release. He’s deputy ...