A young pregnant patient assumed abdominal pain and rectal bleeding was from her pregnancy. She was diagnosed with Stage IV ...

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in people younger than 50. While routine screening is recommended ...

A rise in rectal cancer rates is driving an increase in colorectal cancer diagnoses in people younger than 65, according to a ...

A new Kentucky law that took effect Jan. 1 broadens who qualifies as high risk. Anyone with a first-degree relative diagnosed with colorectal cancer — or certain advanced precancerous polyps — can now ...

Colon cancer is now the deadliest cancer for people under 50, and researchers are scrambling to understand why rectal cases are driving the trend.

Many gastrointestinal diseases begin with symptoms so mild they are easy to ignore. Occasional heartburn, changes in bowel ...

It isn’t clear what’s driving the shift, but scientists suspect that environmental exposures may be partially to blame.

As younger generations age, researchers are warning that their colorectal cancer burden will “swell like a tsunami.” ...

Tim Beckner still remembers the shock he felt after being told he had colorectal cancer last year. “My oldest daughter just graduated from college. My youngest daughter just got done with kindergarten ...

A new study may have found a possible cause for unexplained colon cancer, which continues to rise among young people ...

Colorectal cancer screening for average-risk adults now begins at age 45, a change made by the American Cancer Society in 2018 and later adopted by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2021. Yet ...

A Newfoundland cancer survivor hopes the recent deaths of two celebrities with colorectal cancer will help bring awareness to the disease.