If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research ...

Kentucky has one of the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the US, but early detection leads to a 91% five-year survival rate. Colorectal cancer is projected to become the leading cancer killer for ...

For years, a diagnosis of colon cancer meant potential surgery followed by a painful round of chemotherapy to kill the remaining cancer cells. One-size-fits-all treatment was normal. A new blood test ...

Results of a study of about 8,000 Americans showed the Shield blood test found 83% of colon cancers and was 90% accurate in ruling them out. Results of a study of about 8,000 Americans showed the ...

When Erica Barnell was an MD/PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis, she met a woman who had stage four colorectal cancer (CRC). The woman was only 52 years old—more than a decade younger ...

Stool DNA testing climbed sharply after the pandemic began while colonoscopy and fecal immunochemical test use fell, a study of nearly 25 million privately insured Blue Cross Blue Shield beneficiaries ...

A new report found that colorectal cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer, including breast and lung cancers ...

Cancer is killing far fewer people in early and mid‑adulthood than it did a generation ago, a public‑health success story ...