Colorectal cancer is increasing in young adults. Risk factors include age, metabolic syndrome, lifestyle choices, family ...

Time for a gut check. Cases of colorectal cancer are on the rise, surpassing breast and brain cancer as the leading cause of ...

When you have Crohn’s disease, inflammation damages cells that make up the lining of your colon (large intestine). New cells take their place, constantly trying to keep up, but this turnover offers ...

Don’t stall — your butt is on the line. Because of this worrisome trend, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lowered its recommendation for starting colorectal cancer screening from age 50 ...

People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and precancerous colorectal lesions are much more likely to develop colorectal cancer, a new study shows. Led by researchers from NYU Langone Health, the ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the cancers whose risk rises with age. However, due to Westernized eating habits, lack of ...

Colorectal cancer risk factors include modifiable factors like diet, weight, smoking, and alcohol use, as well as non-modifiable factors like age, ethnicity, sex, and family history. To help lower ...

Emerging discoveries in liquid biomarker research promise to transform the early detection, diagnosis and treatment ...

An increasing number of younger people are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, prompting doctors to urge people to take ...

Periodontal disease (PD) may increase the risk of sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC), findings from the population-based case-control COLDENT study suggest. The rate of new CRC diagnoses among ...

Fred Hutch’s Dr. Kalyan Banda coauthored a piece that argues red meat, once an essential component of human evolution, has ...

Barry Stein ignored symptoms that started appearing in 1995. Now, he's one of many advocates calling for Canadian ...