If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research ...

A new report found that colorectal cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer, including breast and lung cancers ...

Kentucky has long carried one of the highest burdens of colorectal cancer in the nation. For too many families, it is a diagnosis that comes too late and with too few effective treatment options. But ...

A Kaiser Permanente systematic outreach program doubled colon cancer screening rates, researchers are scheduled to report at the upcoming Digestive Disease Week meeting in San Diego. Adobe ...

1 in 5 people being diagnosed with colorectal cancer are under age 55.

"My doctor told me I needed a colonoscopy to check for colon cancer, but is that true?" Dr. Ashlee N. Godshalk Ruggles, a board certified, fellowship trained colorectal surgeon from Capital Health ...

Review highlights gut microbiota dysbiosis as an emerging colorectal cancer risk factor, with microbial signatures, including Fusobacterium nucleatum, showing promise as non-invasive biomarkers to ...

Experts say they're stunned by how quickly colon cancer has overtaken other deadly cancers, including lung and breast.

A new FDA-approved blood test designed to detect colon cancer earlier is now available in North Texas. An estimated 154,270 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer this year. It's ...

A single-center study supported recommendations to lower the colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45. Screening colonoscopy outcomes were slightly less frequent in people ages 45-49 versus 50-54 ...

Moderate alcohol intake was linked to lower distal colon cancer risk. Lifetime drinking habits may significantly impact ...