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

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a reminder about how important it is to get checked for what’s now the ...

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

Making an effort to reduce colorectal cancer risk is important, and limiting your intake of red and processed meats is a way ...

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.

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

The following information was submitted by Intermountain Health.Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer and the ...

UK King’s Daughters is hosting a Colon Cancer Madness event Saturday, March 22 from noon to 2 p.m. to raise colon cancer ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...