Colon and rectal cancers, once largely confined to people in their 60s and 70s, are increasingly striking adults in their 40s ...

A recent study led by Dr. Tim Cannon, an oncologist at Inova Schar Cancer in Fairfax, revealed a potential link between extreme endurance exercise and increased risk of advanced colon cancer in ...

Advanced colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in young American men and the second highest worldwide. In the majority of these patients, as the cancer advances it metastasizes to ...

In 2018, Casandra Costley, then 32, noticed rectal bleeding. But, she thought it was a hemorrhoid and never thought to tell her doctor. “I ignored it. I had some rectal pain as well, which I also ...

Celecoxib improves disease-free and overall survival in ctDNA-positive stage III colon cancer patients when combined with standard chemotherapy. An analysis of patients with stage III colon patients ...

Colon cancer, once seen as a disease of old age, is increasingly striking young Indians, sometimes in their teens and ...

In low-resource regions such as Nigeria, most people with colorectal cancer are diagnosed too late for curative treatment ...

The surgical outcomes of colon cancer vary with its anatomical location. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy can aid in improving the postsurgical outcomes of both right and left colon cancer, decreasing the ...

Military members and veterans can be at a disadvantage in getting screenings that can spot pre-cancerous growths and provide earlier diagnoses.

Survey study shows COVID-19-related behavioral changes led to delayed colorectal cancer diagnosis and more advanced disease, ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...