Cancer of the rectosigmoid junction before age 40 was even less common with an incidence of 0.13 per 100,000, but also 2.2 percent per year.

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 ...

Furthermore, those diagnosed with marijuana addiction before they were stricken with colon cancer were 24.4 times more likely to die within five years of diagnosis compared to their peers, Cuomo ...

Exercise is generally good for you, but a new high-quality clinical trial finds that it's so good, it can even knock back colon cancer—and, in fact, rival some chemotherapy treatments.

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 ...

I had a symptom of colon cancer and family history, so I got a colonoscopy. It was expensive, and insurance was a nightmare, but I'm glad I did it.

Specifically, colon cancer occurred at a rate of 3.5 out of 100,000 in men in Uganda compared to 51.8 out of 100,000 in men in Connecticut.