Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality and the third most common cancer, with incidence rates increasing among individuals younger than 50 years.1 ...

Q. My father died of colon cancer back in 1999. His brother and sister both died of colon cancer too, so this is a big concern in our family. After my father died, I read up on things that might ...

While studies haven’t yet proven that any foods directly cause or protect against cancer, plenty of research has shown correlations between diet and higher colon cancer occurrence. “The exact ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

A Scandinavian clinical trial has revealed that low-dose aspirin can halve the risk of colon and rectal cancer recurrence in patients with specific genetic mutations. The research, involving over ...

"If I would have known that so many young people were getting diagnosed with colon cancer, I would have taken the symptom more seriously," Meagan Meadows said Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at ...

Is sleep loss contributing to the increasing rate of colon cancer in young people? Can nerve cells in our skin be manipulated to ease hyper-sensitivity to touch for patients with autism? And can the ...

Colon cancer is on the rise among young adults — with more people in their 40s, 30s, and even 20s being diagnosed. In fact, colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the ...