While both are called medullary carcinoma, these cancers differ in many ways: ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Colon cancer was once primarily a diagnosis for older adults, but the statistics are changing.

During the month of March, a spotlight is put on colorectal cancer Awareness. Did you know there are three main hot spots in ...

Despite no symptoms, 36-year-old Dan Baczynski was diagnosed with colon cancer. Doctors say colon cancer rates are rising among younger adults and emphasize the need for early screening.

Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed a new tool to predict the risk of colorectal cancer and advanced precancerous ...

While colorectal cancer cases among older adults have steadily dropped, they've increased among those 50 and younger.

Doctor Charles Friel is the chief of colorectal surgery at UVA Health. In 2023, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer after ...

ANSWER: A colonoscopy is both a screening tool for cancer and a way to prevent cancer by removing polyps before they can get advanced enough to turn into cancer (let alone spread). The major risk ...

The age range for screening lowered in recent years to include younger individuals as the incidence rate of colon cancer has shifted. Dr. Stephen Amann, a gastroenterologist at Digestive Health ...

A doctoral student at the University of Texas at El Paso is digging deep with a new, less invasive way of undergoing a ...

Wednesday, lawmakers in the Iowa House passed a bill requiring the medical school at the University of Iowa to admit a ...

The American Cancer Society recommends people with an average risk of colorectal cancer start regular screening at age 45.