Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in people under the age of 50, according to the American Cancer Society ...

For more than two decades, colonoscopy has been promoted as the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. Policy makers ...

A single screening colonoscopy reduced colorectal cancer incidence by roughly 30% over 13 years — a meaningful improvement over earlier findings — but failed to produce a statistically significant ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and Colorado doctors are warning the deadly disease is on the rise among young people. Diagnoses in people under 50 have risen by more than 50% since 1994.

Valley woman encourages colon cancer screening after her own diagnosis took 10 years. Doctors kept telling her she was too ...

ONE colonoscopy significantly reduced colorectal cancer incidence but not mortality over 13 years, in updated findings from ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) --New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many people choose this alternative, a new study ...

A short burst of immunotherapy before surgery is delivering surprisingly powerful results for a specific type of colorectal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shambi Broome had virtually no symptoms of colon cancer. She got a colonoscopy when she reached the annual screening age, lowered ...

A colonoscopy is an exam that lets your physician see your entire colon. Before the test, your health care team will give you instructions for how to clear your colon of any stool. This process is ...

Doctors warn more young adults are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer ...

Shambi Broome had subtle abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with colon cancer once she turned 45 and became eligible for a ...