A woman in her 40s was diagnosed with stage 3b colorectal cancer seven months after giving birth. She initially mistook the ...

According to the American Cancer Society, 20% of all new colon cancer cases happen in people under the age of 55. That’s compared to about 10% back in the 1990s.

A new study looks into the differences in gut bacteria between people with and without colorectal cancer. Scientists found ...

Colorectal cancer, which includes cancers of the colon and rectum, has become the leading cause of cancer deaths in people younger than 50. This is a worrying change because this disease has ...

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in people younger than 50. While routine screening is recommended beginning at age 45 for those at average risk, certain symptoms at any age ...

Any blood in the stool—whether bright red, maroon, or black and tarry—should prompt immediate medical attention. For cases of left-sided colon cancer, blood in the stool is often one of the first ...

Yale medicine advise that if you are a young woman with chronic anemia which you may assume is caused by menstrual bleeding, ...

Some types of cancer, such as cervical, breast, and prostate cancer, are easy to catch early. Tests and screenings exist that help doctors detect these illnesses and take potentially life-saving ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorectal cancer is a threat not just to older adults but increasingly to young men and women, too. It’s now the top cancer killer of Americans younger than 50. The deaths of ...

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 ...