-- Colorectal cancer rates have been rising sharply in younger adults even as the rate for the population as a whole has dropped, according to a study published today in the Journal of the ...

A 2019 study found young adults who watch more than two hours of TV a day have a 70% higher risk of developing colon cancer than those who watch less. Chronic conditions play a role, too.

“The first study we published in 2022 showed that we could do this in rectal cancer patients whose tumors had the mismatch repair-deficiency mutation, and what was remarkable there was that 100% ...

More information: Kavin Sugumar et al, Pathologic Complete Response and Survival in Rectal Cancer, JAMA Network Open (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.21197 Provided by Tulane University ...

A new study by a Tulane University researcher casts doubt on a widely used shortcut in rectal cancer drug trials, raising concerns that some treatments may be fast-tracked for approval without ...

Now, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that exercise can help prevent colon cancer from coming back. Researchers followed 889 people for about eight years.

A new study raises concerns about a widely used shortcut in approving rectal cancer drugs, showing that the absence of detectable tumors after treatment—known as pathologic complete response ...