Colon cancer is on the rise in younger people in the U.S. New research shows regular exercise can help survivors live longer — in some cases even longer than people who didn't have cancer.

Exercise may significantly reduce the risk of colon cancer returning in patients after treatment, a new study has found. The late-phase trial, published Sunday in the New England Journal of ...

Over the past three decades, rates of colon cancer among young people have been steadily rising even as diagnoses among older people are declining. As The Post has reported, twenty percent of new … ...

Doctors can provide alternative forms of screening for colon and rectal cancer but sometimes have a good reason to stick with the colonoscope. By Gina Kolata This year about 53,000 Americans are ...

Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States and cases among younger adults are rising. Early detection is critical, as symptoms may not appear until the cancer has progressed.

With colon cancer rates rising throughout the world, particularly in adults under 50, finding a way to lessen the chance of getting the disease — or keeping it from returning after a diagnosis ...

The colon cancer mortality rate in people under 55 has been rising about 1% annually since the mid-2000s. Getty Images Citing a 2023 study, gastroenterologist Joseph Salhab recently shared on ...

Colon cleansing is not to be confused with bowel preparation, which is performed before a colonoscopy, he emphasizes. It involves consuming “liquids that help push through the stool and clean ...

From 2011 to 2019, incidence of colon cancer fell by about 1% annually, mainly among older adults. In people younger than 55, rates have been growing by 1% to 2% a year since the mid-1990s.

I also had a family history of colon cancer, which pushed me to get a colonoscopy at 33. My out-of-pocket colonoscopy cost is more than $1,000 so far, but I'm still glad I did it.

A Minnesota woman was told her stage 4 colon cancer couldn’t be cured. Two years later, she’s cancer-free — and says a last-chance clinical trial gave her back her life.