Nature Medicine, Published online: 20 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04225-9 The diagnostic phase of a population-based colorectal cancer screening trial involving over 270,000 Swedish adults found that colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical testing both increased the proportion of diagnoses of early-stage cancers relative to usual care.
Nature Medicine, Published online: 20 February 2026;
doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04225-9
The diagnostic phase of a population-based colorectal cancer screening trial involving over 270,000 Swedish adults found that colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical testing both increased the proportion of diagnoses of early-stage cancers relative to usual care.
— Source: Nature Medicine (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04225-9)