A new report found that colorectal cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer, including breast and lung cancers ...

TUPELO — The age range for colon cancer screenings lowered in recent years to include younger individuals as the incidence rate of colon cancer shifted. Dr. Stephen Amann, a gastroenterologist at ...

Colon cancer has quietly moved into a grim new position in American health, overtaking other malignancies to become the ...

Colorectal cancer used to be considered a cancer of older age. Not anymore.

Kentucky has long carried one of the highest burdens of colorectal cancer in the nation. For too many families, it is a diagnosis that comes too late and with too few effective treatment options. But ...

Consistent heavy drinking may raise cancer risk more than previously understood.

Colorectal cancer was once considered primarily a disease of aging. But rates are now on the rise among younger adults. Since 2011, colon cancer rates among people younger than 50 have increased by ...

Doctors recommend screening for this disease starting at age 45.

Adults who had 14 or more drinks per week over a lifetime had a 25 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer — but cutting ...

The researchers examined the five leading causes of cancer death among the under-50 age group. They found that overall, from 1990 through 2023, more than 1.2 million people died of cancer in the ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness month. This is the time of year that we dedicate to increasing public awareness about a condition that continues to claim the life of over 50,000 Americans annually, ...

Colon cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths. It typically begins as a small growth of tissue called a polyp in the lining of the colon or rectum. While not all polyps become cancerous, ...