An otherwise active, healthy 39-year-old, Marisa Peters was a mother of three boys and still nursing her 16-month-old when she was initially diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer.

A new social media campaign is all about educating young Black men on the importance of knowing their family medical history when it comes to colorectal cancer.

Computed tomography (CT) colonography has been shown to be both cheaper and clinically more effective than multitarget stool ...

COLORECTAL CANCER PREVENTION Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second deadliest cancer in the United States. Yet it’s one of the ...

Tanner Martin succumbed to colon cancer five years after he was diagnosed with the disease. He was only 30 years old. Before ...

“It also helps the colon produce mucus [and] thick mucus lining also protects the colon, so without enough fiber, our ...

He went in for a colonoscopy. The bill was $19,000. “I told Northwestern, ‘I’m not paying that, and I don’t care if you send me to collections,’” Tom Contos said of his share.

PHILADELPHIA— AI-assisted-colonoscopy significantly increased the number of colonoscopy procedures in which only benign lesions were removed without additional adenomatous polyps, according to ...

Removal of even a pre-malignant polyp will usually be a sufficient treatment. Only in more advanced cases—when an actual malignancy is detected via colonoscopy and biopsy—will more-extensive ...

WASHINGTON — Surveillance colonoscopy after polyp removal was associated with a 77% relative reduction in risk for colorectal cancer, although more research is needed to determine its effect on ...

Colorectal polyps are small growths that form on the lining of the colon or rectum. They typically measure less than 1 centimeter (cm), though they can grow as large as several centimeters.

Polypectomy is the removal of a polyp. The most common types of polyp removal surgeries include uterine polypectomies and colon polypectomies. However, a doctor can perform a polypectomy on any ...