Kentucky has long carried one of the highest burdens of colorectal cancer in the nation. For too many families, it is a diagnosis that comes too late and with too few effective treatment options. But ...

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

Colorectal cancer was once considered primarily a disease of aging. But rates are now on the rise among younger adults. Since 2011, colon cancer rates among people younger than 50 have increased by ...

Review highlights gut microbiota dysbiosis as an emerging colorectal cancer risk factor, with microbial signatures, including Fusobacterium nucleatum, showing promise as non-invasive biomarkers to ...

Recently, Minnesotans have been receiving unsolicited, unrequested at-home colon cancer screening kits from health insurers, without a doctor's input. If you received one in the mail, you might ...

Regular colon cancer screenings can help find and treat the disease early. There are multiple alternatives to colonoscopy, including stool tests and sigmoidoscopy. Stool tests for colon cancer can be ...

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 ...

I let the Mexiclan — a text chat of my closest friends — know what I was about to do. Memes citing the farting scene from "Blazing Saddles" and others too rude to mention in a family paper immediately ...

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

March is Colon Cancer Awareness month. This is the time of year that we dedicate to increasing public awareness about a condition that continues to claim the life of over 50,000 Americans annually, ...

The funding will be used to lead a five-year statewide effort known as Promoting Resource and Outreach to Enhance Colorectal Testing for Arkansas.