Colon cancer is on the rise in younger people. A doctor said many people are missing an early warning sign because too ...

Colon cancer can announce its presence with symptoms like abdominal pain or cramping, bloody stools, and one lesser-known sign: change in poop shapes.The National Cancer Institute estimates that more ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States and disproportionally impacts people who receive care in under-resourced settings.

Medically reviewed by Gagandeep Brar, MD An at-home FIT test is a screening tool that may detect colon cancer. It works by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kentucky has long carried one of the highest burdens of colorectal cancer in the nation. For too many families, it is a diagnosis ...

During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the disease might be top of mind, but if we've learned anything from the recent deaths and research related to the disease, it's never too early or too late ...

For patients with a positive fecal occult blood test in a cohort study, those who did not undergo a follow-up colonoscopy had an increased incidence of colorectal cancer. Those who underwent ...

Deaths from rectal cancer are increasing at 2 to 3 times the rate of deaths from colon cancer among younger adults — and ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

Individuals who do not complete followup colonoscopy after a positive stool test could be at substantially higher risk for ...