Any blood in the stool—whether bright red, maroon, or black and tarry—should prompt immediate medical attention. For cases of ...

Shifting the focus from organ to biomarker has unlocked new options for rare and advanced cancers. Uneven efficacy, diagnostic access, and regulation still slow clinical rollout.

Healthy food doesn't always equate to being healthy for your body. In fact, certain foods that are traditionally seen as healthy have links to colon cancer.

Colorectal cancer is often spoken of as a single disease, but it actually refers to two related cancers: colon cancer and rectal cancer. The latter was recently revealed as the re ...

Rates of colon cancer among young people have been steadily rising over the past three decades, even as diagnoses among older people decline. A staggering 20% of colorectal cancer cases in 2019 were ...

Ultra-processed food might be driving colon cancer risk by fueling inflammation in the body, according to a study scientists believe could "revolutionize cancer treatment." Scientists in Florida have ...

The new Sassun-Mayo staging system, which integrates tumor deposit and lymph node counts, improves prognostic accuracy for patients with colon cancer compared with the standard American Joint ...

Researchers have revealed another potential reason to avoid ultraprocessed foods. Seed oils — which are plant-based cooking oils that are often used in processed, packaged foods — have been linked to ...

Doctors say although screenings typically begin at the age of 45, they are seeing an increase in younger patients developing colon cancer.

A medical team at Tadawi Hospital in Dubai successfully removed a colon tumor from a young patient (35 years old) using an advanced gastrointestinal ...

Most people don’t get a T-shirt to commemorate their colonoscopy — but David Hungerford had an unusual, life-changing experience. The financial adviser from Long Island was diagnosed with stage 3 ...