Even more colorectal cancer cases are being found in adults under 50, and a new collection of research suggests that a surge ...

Colon cancer seems to be hitting the Black community hard. Over the past few years, colon cancer rates have steadily gone up ...

Colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In 2020, more ...

Experts are still trying to pinpoint what's driving a rise in new cases among young adults. "We’re just at the tip of the ...

A surge of local- or early-stage colorectal cancer diagnoses in adults ages under 50 is likely tied to increased screening uptake after the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Preventive Services ...

More people under 50 are getting colonoscopies and at-home stool tests. Now, doctors are spotting tumors before symptoms ...

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The doctor asked if Peters wanted a colonoscopy and at first, she demurred. At the time, she didn’t know that colorectal cancer rates in young people were increasing. The doctor agreed they ...

In 2025, the American Cancer Society estimates 107,320 new cases of colon cancer and 46,950 new cases of rectal cancer will be diagnosed in the United States. They also expect 52,900 people to die ...

These tests are recommended every three years. Meanwhile, about 2 1/2 times as many people -- 1,604 to 1,679 -- died from colorectal cancer in the blood-testing group than in the colonoscopy group.

I had rectal bleeding, the most common symptom of colon cancer in people under 45. I also had a family history of colon cancer, which pushed me to get a colonoscopy at 33. My out-of-pocket ...