If you’re one of the 155,000 Americans who develop colorectal cancer this year, you’ll likely experience a rollercoaster of emotions. Colorectal cancer occurs when cells in the colon or rectum grow ...

Appendix cancer, also called appendiceal cancer, is when abnormal cells grow and form a tumor in the appendix. Your appendix is a little pouch-like organ attached to the lower right side of your large ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) starts in the colon or rectum. It is one of the most common forms of cancer globally, though it is ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Brooks Bell’s gut told her something was wrong — but it took two doctors misdiagnosing her symptoms before she got the answer that would change her life forever. “I wanted a colonoscopy right from the ...

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...