Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

Doctors are seeing colon cancer in people in their 20s and 30s. New research suggests it starts in infancy.

One large study found that more advanced cases of colorectal cancer had a higher likelihood of returning. For example, if participants had stage 3 colon cancer, almost 25 percent experienced a ...

Margaret Kelly has been donating blood regularly since her youth. “I started donating blood back when I was in my 20s. I really saw a lot of people suffering and sick, and back then there was a blood ...

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 ...

A new, highly accurate testing service that improves the early-stage detection of bowel cancer with strong clinical validity will be available in the UK within the next few weeks. The service ...

I paused, and then I clicked "cancel appointment." The blood in my stool, the most common sign of colon cancer in young people, was going away. I chalked up my concerns to my job: I was interviewing ...

A new, highly accurate testing service that improves the early-stage detection of bowel cancer with strong clinical validity will be available in the UK within the next few weeks.The service increases ...