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 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 ...

Any blood in the stool—whether bright red, maroon, or black and tarry—should prompt immediate medical attention. For cases of left-sided colon cancer, blood in the stool is often one of the first ...

A 20-year-old woman experienced on-and-off stomach pain, then sudden nausea and chills. She was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer.

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

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

Colorectal cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the colon, the longest part of the large intestine, or the rectum, the ...

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 ...

The vast majority of colorectal cancer cases and deaths still are in people 50 and older. That older age group has seen the ...

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