Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in people under the age of 50, according to the American Cancer Society ...

Valley woman encourages colon cancer screening after her own diagnosis took 10 years. Doctors kept telling her she was too ...

Colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in young adults because often times younger patients find it ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A New Orleans woman says a colonoscopy she scheduled shortly after turning 45 saved her life. Mel Buchanan, a curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art and mother of two, said she ...

A new foundation run by Wojcicki's family is searching for answers about why more nonsmokers are getting lung cancer.

CHICAGO — Colorectal malignancy rates, particularly for rectal cancer, are accelerating among Americans younger than 45, and unless something changes, the rate is predicted to continue increasing out ...

Researchers are finally getting to the bottom of a troubling trend. Once considered a disease of older adults, colorectal cancer has now overtaken breast and brain cancers to become the leading cause ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s an important trend doctors want people to know about: colon cancer is being diagnosed more often in younger adults. For decades, colorectal ...

If you’re under 50, it’s likely that colorectal cancer isn’t on your radar, but it should be. Once considered an older-age disease, rates are skyrocketing among young adults. Deema Zein spoke with two ...

When David Lyon saw blood in his stool, he didn't think much of it. He was a fit 26-year-old who worked in a sheet metal shop. The spots were inconsistent, and he thought he might have just sustained ...

Hollis explained how colorectal cancer develops from abnormal growths in the colon or rectum that can progress to an invasive stage and eventually spread if left untreated. He described symptoms that ...