Dr. Neelendu Dey studies whether gut microbes can be harnessed to prevent and treat colon cancer. He factors the latest ...

Feeling tired all the time is another possible symptom. Colon cancer can lead to slow, long-term blood loss in the stool, ...

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

Hemorrhoids and colon cancer can both cause symptoms of rectal bleeding, but diagnosis and treatment are different. It's ...

Doctors are observing a concerning rise in colon cancer among individuals under 50, potentially linked to ultra-processed ...

Gastroenterologist Dr Salhab suggests eating 8 foods to reduce colon cancer risk. He highlighted that while diet helps, it ...

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 ...

The new procedure is offered at all four of the business’ Austin Endoscopy Center locations, including North Austin, South Austin, Bee Cave and Leander ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Colon cancer is a type of cancer (abnormal cells growing uncontrollably) that begins in the ...

Doctors at the VGM Hospital have successfully removed through endoscopy, an 8 cm polyp from the transverse colon of a 29-year-old female patient. This procedure averted the need for a right ...

If your doctor does find a suspicious lesion, such as a polyp, they remove it immediately during the colonoscopy before it turns into cancer. Your doctor can also take tissue samples for analysis to ...