Colon cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Because people with advanced polyps have triple the risk of developing cancer, it's generally recommended that they have a colonoscopy every three years.
Along with Moderna's vaccine, there are six others in final Phase 3 testing that involves large-scale human tests.
The results are available within 90 minutes, while conventional COVID-19 tests provide results within 24 hours, the researchers said.
The report from Ohio State University projects that nearly 90,000 Americans between 15 and 39 years of age will be diagnosed with cancer this year and more than 9,200 will die.
People with a recent addiction disorder diagnosis were more likely than others to develop COVID-19, and the connection was strongest among those with opioid and tobacco use disorders, the findings showed.
