Colorectal cancer is often spoken of as a single disease, but it actually refers to two related cancers: colon cancer and rectal cancer. The latter was recently revealed as the reason we lost the ...

Colon cancer can be found in a few ways, including a digital rectal exam and a fecal occult blood test. There is also the ...

1 in 5 people being diagnosed with colorectal cancer are under age 55.

Deaths from the disease are rising while U.S. cancer mortality overall is declining and 70% of Americans survive their cancers for at least five years.

Catherine O'Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, but her death certificate also revealed she was diagnosed with rectal cancer ...

Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men under 50 in the United States, according to new ...

Researchers at Åbo Akademi University have identified a new molecular change in patients with colorectal cancer and developed a genetic disease model that forms tumors in the large intestine, ...

In February, we recognize both Black History Month and Cancer Prevention Month. These observances present not only an opportunity to reflect on years of systemic inequality and unequal access to care, ...

Colorectal cancer has since jumped up from being the fifth-leading cancer death in the early 1990s.

In this article a physician describes being diagnosed with cancer and her journey that occurred after diagnosis with colon cancer.

Diet, exercise and other healthy habits can lower your risk.

Researchers at Åbo Akademi University have identified a new molecular change in patients with colorectal cancer and developed a genetic disease model that forms tumors in the large intestine, ...