Ditch tobacco and limit alcohol. Smoking is strongly associated with colon cancer, says Lenz, so quitting tobacco is vital to ...

I had a symptom of colon cancer and family history, so I got a colonoscopy. It was expensive, and insurance was a nightmare, but I'm glad I did it.

"Colonoscopy is considered the gold-standard when screening for colorectal cancer," says gastroenterologist Dr. Brian McGee, MD. "It’s a safe procedure that is the only cancer screening tool that can ...

The recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer was lowered in 2021 from 50 to 45 for people of average risk.

Patients and providers find the Colon Age tool acceptable and useful for individualizing colorectal cancer risk and encouraging earlier screening.

A personal trainer who followed a clean diet was diagnosed with colon cancer after her rectal bleeding and bloating were ...

Spanish study reveals that rapid fecal test is as effective as colonoscopy in detecting colorectal cancer in its early stages.

A mother and daughter from Newport News, both diagnosed with colon cancer, share their story, hoping it will encourage others ...

Many people can have polyps and, like Andy, have no symptoms. A polyp can take as many as 10 to 15 years to develop into cancer. Experts are not sure exactly how or why colorectal polyps grow or what ...

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in women and the third most common in men. Since the 1980s, the incidence of colorectal cancer in individuals 50 and older has ...