Colon cancer is on the rise in younger people. A doctor said many people are missing an early warning sign because too ...

Colon cancer can announce its presence with symptoms like abdominal pain or cramping, bloody stools, and one lesser-known sign: change in poop shapes.The National Cancer Institute estimates that more ...

Other than skin cancers, colon or colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women. Doctors say the risk of developing it increases with age and is mostly diagnosed in adults over 50 ...

Deaths from rectal cancer are increasing at 2 to 3 times the rate of deaths from colon cancer among younger adults — and ...

Early cancer detection may be possible through analysis of gut microbes and stool-based biomarkers linked to multiple ...

During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the disease might be top of mind, but if we've learned anything from the recent deaths and research related to the disease, it's never too early or too late ...

For patients with a positive fecal occult blood test in a cohort study, those who did not undergo a follow-up colonoscopy had an increased incidence of colorectal cancer. Those who underwent ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cologuard cancer screening tests can be useful for certain people, but you should talk to a doctor first. (Provided by Exact ...