Colorectal cancer, a type of cancer that affects the colon or rectum, is the second leading cause of cancer-related death and the third most common cause of death or type of cancer. It is the No. 1 ...

When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think "surgery." And it's true that surgery plays a central role in treatment for ...

In 2019, Robert Stricklin was diagnosed with colon cancer. Now, he's working to restart an annual 5K event to raise money for ...

When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer - which includes both colon and rectal cancers - many people immediately think "surgery." And it's ...

Colorectal cancer is often called a silent killer. It is estimated that more than 150,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year. Colon cancer is the fourth most ...

Colorectal cancer ranks among the top cancers in India, with nearly 65,000 new cases and over 38,000 deaths reported annually ...

When David Thau, a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., was 34, he periodically experienced pain in his stomach, irregular bowel movements, blood in his stool and vomiting, and he visited doctors ...

Colorectal cancer, or cancer of the bowel or rectum, has long been associated with older adults. However, in recent years, cases among people under 50 have surged.

Colon cancer is appearing more often in younger adults, and many of those cases go undetected until the disease has already spread.

Dr. Michael Driscoll said cases are rising in younger adults and points to certain lifestyle factors to explain why.

Dr. Eric Dozois, a colon and rectal surgeon at the Mayo Clinic says that cancer cases in Minnesota have been on the rise with patients under 50, with 10 percent of colorectal cases now being in that ...

In the first post of this series, I described what happens to the human body at ground zero of a 10 to 15-kiloton nuclear detonation: the zone within 800 meters of the hypocenter. There, the thermal ...