My family's known history with colon cancer begins with a maternal great-aunt and a maternal uncle were both diagnosed with the disease when they were in their 70s, although they died of other causes.

Almost nobody wants to hear or think about colon cancer, says survivor Sara Stewart. Few who have been diagnosed with this form of cancer feel comfortable talking openly about the disease that ...

Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men and women, and the third most common cancer diagnosis. On top of that, alarmingly, an increasing number of young people are being ...

In 2025, the American Cancer Society estimates that there will be about 107,320 new cases of colon cancer in the US, with 54,510 new cases in men and 52,810 in women.

One study involving more than 1 million people with colon cancer from 2004 to 2015 found that 51.6% of those under 50 were diagnosed with stage three or four cancer, while 40% of people over 50 ...

Both IBS and colon cancer affect a person’s mental health and overall well-being. About 33% of people with IBS and about 20% of people with colon cancer will experience anxiety or depression.

Colorectal cancer, sometimes called colon cancer, occurs when cells in the colon or rectum grow out of control. In a study published this week in a journal by the American Association for Cancer ...

If colon cancer spreads to liver, you may notice weight loss, yellowing skin, or pain on the right side of your belly. Besides the liver, colon cancer can also spread to the lungs.

Colon and rectum cancers occurred at a rate of 36.5 per 100,000 in 2018, with over 140,000 new reported cancer cases and 52,163 related deaths that year, per the latest available figures.

Analyzing both the entire set of genes and all the proteins produced by colon cancer tissues from patient samples has revealed a more comprehensive view of the tumor that points at novel cancer ...