Colon and rectal cancers, once largely confined to people in their 60s and 70s, are increasingly striking adults in their 40s, 30s and even 20s. The shift is so sharp that specialists now talk about a ...

Seeing blood in your stool is often blamed on piles, but doctors warn it can signal colorectal cancer. Learn the symptoms ...

Colon cancer is increasingly affecting young adults. A gastroenterologist explained what a healthy colon looks like and the changes that occur when abnormal cells begin to grow, causing cancer. The ...

Colon cancer is hitting long before the usual screening age. If you could ID who's at risk, you could screen early and save ...

“The research that’s needed most is the risk stratification research—who do we screen,” says Dr. Gabre. By getting to the ...

What comes out of us says a lot about our health. Before you flush, check for these warning signs in the toilet bowl.

Most people never see what colon cancer actually looks like. A gastroenterologist breaks it down, showing how tiny polyps silently grow into dangerous tumours.

The microbial toxin colibactin has just the right shape to snuggle up to DNA — but its embrace is unfortunately more cancerous than cozy. Colibactin is produced by bacteria in the gut and causes ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - November is National Family Health History Month, and doctors say now is the time to get serious about colon cancer screenings. A new option is making the process easier and ...

Trishana Horton is a Case Manager on the PanCAN Patient Services team. She talks with people who call and email Patient Services about everything from the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer ...

In a new study, colon cancer patients on these medications were more likely to make it to the 5-year survival mark than patients not on the drugs. In a new study, colon cancer patients who took GLP-1 ...

The study’s findings track with recent research on the alarming rise of the cancer in younger adults. By Alice Callahan About 15 years ago, Dr. Andrew T. Chan, a gastroenterologist at Mass General ...