A simple blood test has shown promising results in accurately detecting colon cancer, a deadly disease that is rising at an alarming rate, especially among young adults. The experimental test not only identifies colon cancer effectively but also rules it out in

Research that has not yet been peer-reviewed shows the newest blood test is more than 80% accurate in detecting colon cancer in people who had the disease. The test is 90% accurate in ruling out cancer in healthy adults, according to the study published Monday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The researchers tried the experimental blood test on more than 40,000 people aged between 45 to 85 at 200 sites across the United States. These people had their blood drawn and then underwent a standard colonoscopy.