The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has issued a news release (pdf) discussing facts Hispanics should know about colon cancer. In the fact sheet, ASGE provides background information ...

A new study finds the worrisome rise in colorectal cancer deaths among younger adults is concentrated in people with less ...

A 38-year-old who notices blood in the stool might blame hemorrhoids. A 44-year-old with persistent cramping might chalk it ...

Actor James Van Der Beek's death following a diagnosis of colon cancer highlights how a rising number of young adults are dying of the disease, experts said. Van Der Beek, who rose to stardom in the ...

Every year, doctors diagnose more than 107,000 cases of colorectal cancer. While survival rates have improved, it's still the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women combined. Knowing ...

Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men under 50 in the United States, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In this ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

New research shows that colorectal cancers are increasing in people under 65. Experts aren’t exactly sure what’s causing the rise in incidence, but they think lifestyle factors such as sedentary ...

When your large intestine, or colon, is working smoothly, you hardly think about it. But when it isn’t functioning properly, it can create a host of problems far beyond constipation or diarrhea. It ...

(BPT) - Recently, Minnesotans have been receiving unsolicited, unrequested at-home colon cancer screening kits from health insurers, without a doctor's input. If you received one in the mail, you ...

Younger people are getting diagnosed with colon cancer at alarming rates. In 70% of cases, patients have no family or genetic history. What's even scarier is many patients had no symptoms before being ...