The FDA just approved a colon-cancer blood test. It could save people from spending hundreds of dollars on tests or relying on a colonoscopy alone.

Although colonoscopy is widely used as a screening test to detect colorectal cancer, its effect on the risks of colorectal cancer and related death is unclear. We performed a pragmatic, randomized ...

This indicates that the test is as effective as colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer mortality in screening [programs],” notes a summary of the study findings from Hospi ...