March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time to talk openly about a disease that affects many families but is often ...

Eric and Pat Monson of Live Like Rach are raising awareness about colon cancer for personal reasons.Live Like Rach is a nonprofit founded in honor of their daughter ...

It took three years, four emergency-room visits and multiple misdiagnoses before Reuben Cheatem was diagnosed with stage III ...

Colorectal cancer has claimed a grim new distinction among younger Americans. A research letter published in JAMA by American ...

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 ...

Early research also indicates there could be some differences in symptoms between men and women.

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 ...

Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the U.S., with more than 100,000 cases diagnosed each year. But some people ...

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 ...

A new American Cancer Society report shows colorectal cancer is rising in younger adults. Doctors urge people at average risk start screening at age 45.

Mike Francisco was an athletic 35-year-old Phoenix medical professional when he was diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer. His story is not unusual.

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 ...