Can you get a colonoscopy before 45? Here's when early screening may be necessary.

Colorectal cancer is no longer a disease that mostly strikes people in their 60s and 70s. It has quietly become the leading ...

We know that a colonoscopy is the most effective tool for the early detection and prevention of colon cancer. But anyone who has ever had a colonoscopy also knows that it's not necessarily something ...

Colorectal cancer is showing up more often in people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, and researchers still don’t have a definitive ...

Among 100,000 people who receive a colonoscopy every 10 years, 1,543 would develop colorectal cancer and 672 would die from the disease, they determined. For stool-based tests every one to three years ...

Knowing what to eat, what actually happens during the exam and how the recovery feels can make the whole process a lot less ...

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For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) --New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many people choose this alternative, a new study ...

Can this new test compete with stool-based tests or colonoscopies? A radiation oncologist shares his opinion.

Data from a large European screening program indicate that people who actively took part in colorectal cancer screening had a ...

Explore the latest news and updates on colon cancer. Learn about symptoms, causes, and screening guidelines to improve ...