Dr. Bethany Malone has treated a lot of colorectal cancer patients. The youngest, not counting those with genetic conditions, was 19 years old.Colorectal cancer used to be considered a cancer of older ...

Risk factors are things that raise your chances of getting a disease. For each person, there’s a mix of genetic, biological and lifestyle factors that play a part in colon cancer risk. Aging, more ...

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. This year, the organization estimates that more than 150,000 ...

With a flurry of activities from which to choose coming up in March, there’s a local event worth marking on the calendar in advance of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to serve as an ...

Ng's group has found that sugary diets — especially sugary drinks including soda, juice, and sports drinks — are associated ...

SEATTLE — Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers, but it is preventable with early screening. “What we know is that 90 percent of colon cancers are curable if they’re found in early ...

New clinical evidence indicates that a widely used supplement may alter gut microbes involved in vitamin D biology and ...

One large study found that more advanced cases of colorectal cancer had a higher likelihood of returning. For example, if participants had stage 3 colon cancer, almost 25 percent experienced a ...

Nearly 1 million colorectal cancer deaths have been averted in the last 45 years primarily due to screenings and the removal of precancerous polyps, a new study shows. The study, published Thursday in ...

The American Cancer Society National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable held its annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. Tennessee was chosen due to its new state-run colorectal and lung cancer screening ...

Colorectal cancer breaks the usual immune rules, with certain regulatory T cells linked to improved survival. In many solid ...

More than six out of every 10 colorectal cancer patients in Ghana die within five years of diagnosis, according to a new study by researchers at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.