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FDA Approves Blood-Based Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening
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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The FDA has approved a blood-based test for colorectal cancer screening, offering a non-invasive alternative to traditional colonoscopy-based approaches. This regulatory clearance opens a new market category for liquid biopsy diagnostics in cancer prevention.
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Blood tests for colorectal cancer just became FDA-approved, which means insurers will now fund them and patients will choose them over colonoscopies. If you supply the lab automation, consumables, or data analysis software that runs these tests at scale, you have a customer in every diagnostic lab in America.
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