ESPN’s Cover Story covers Trey Mancini’s incredible fight to overcome stage 3 colon cancer and how he is getting back to playing baseball at a high level in 2021, including being invited to take part in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby and finishing second. “Cancer doesn’t consume you. It doesn’t have to define you. And I wanted to prove ...
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Geneoscopy Starts Clinical Trial for Home Colorectal-Cancer Test
ST. LOUIS, Missouri—Geneoscopy Inc., a life sciences company focused on the development of diagnostic tests for gastrointestinal health, today announced the enrollment of its first patients in the CRC-PREVENT pivotal trial. The clinical study seeks to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Geneoscopy’s noninvasive, at-home diagnostic screening test to successfully detect colorectal neoplasms, including advanced adenomas, in average-risk individuals, a ...
Read More »New Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommended to Begin at 45
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance (Alliance), a national nonprofit that exists to end colorectal cancer, today applauds the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for updating its colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines in response to rising cases of CRC in younger adults. The new guidelines state that all people who are at average risk for the disease should begin screening for colorectal cancer at ...
Read More »Companies Enter Partnership for Blood Test to Detect Colorectal Cancer and Pre-Cancer
SUNNYVALE, Calif., and ROSWELL, Ga.—CellMax Life, a molecular diagnostics company with proprietary technology for pre-cancer and cancer detection blood tests, and Sebela Pharmaceuticals, a market leader in gastroenterology, recently announced the closing of a strategic development and commercial collaboration agreement, as well as CellMax’s Series C financing. The financing will be used to accelerate the clinical development of CellMax’s multimodal ...
Read More »Reaching black men in barber shops could lead to early detection of colorectal cancer
Community-based program could help reduce incidents of deadly disease in black community, finds study by NYU Langone Health Aging black men are at much greater risk of dying prematurely of colorectal cancer than any other group in the United States, and are less likely than their white counterparts to be diagnosed at an early stage of the disease. Now a ...
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