A gastrointestinal doctor reveals the mistakes you should avoid if you want to lower your risk of colon cancer.

Symptoms of colorectal cancer and rectal cancer are not always easy to recognize, leading to missed opportunities for early diagnosis. For one thing, many people with colon and rectal cancers (known ...

FOBT-positive patients who skipped colonoscopy had fourfold higher cancer incidence ...

Colorectal cancer rates are rising in adults under 50. A Holland Hospital physician assistant explains how screening and diet ...

Dr. Gautam Mankaney and Dr. Val Simianu share colon cancer symptoms, prevention, treatments and more. Sponsored by Virginia ...

Plus, when to give your doctor a call.

Of the 9989 participants who could be evaluated, 65 (0.7%) had colorectal cancer and 757 (7.6%) had advanced precancerous lesions (advanced adenomas or sessile serrated polyps measuring ≥1 cm in the ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...

Many of us have heard of a colonoscopy, an outpatient procedure in which a physician uses a thin, flexible scope to examine ...

David Lyon is one of the rising number of young adults to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer.