James Van Der Beek is sharing the subtle colorectal cancer symptom he ignored before his shocking diagnosis. “There wasn’t ...

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

Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). What ...

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

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 ...

The study. "Survival in patients with colorectal cancer diagnosed by screening colonoscopy," revealed that patients whose colorectal cancer (CRC) is detected during a screening colonoscopy are likely ...

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 ...

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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 adults 30 to 39, rectal cancer rates grew 3% per year between 1980 and 2013. And in adults 40 to 54, rectal cancer rates increased by 2% per year between the 1990s and 2013.