Your digestive system works quietly behind the scenes, but when something goes wrong with your colon, early detection can be ...

Colon cancer, a leading cause of cancer-related deaths, is increasingly affecting younger individuals. Dr. Saurabh Sethi highlights crucial warning signs like blood in stool, persistent bowel changes, ...

I had rectal bleeding, the most common symptom of colon cancer in people under 45. I also had a family history of colon cancer, which pushed me to get a colonoscopy at 33. My out-of-pocket colonoscopy ...

Colon cancer also known as colorectal cancer (when it includes the rectum) is a type of cancer that begins in the large intestine (colon). They typically start as small noncancerous clumps of cells ...

Many of the cases of colon cancer present early symptoms similar to those of IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome, since both conditions affect the colon and may produce similar gastrointestinal ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The inexpensive tests that look for hidden blood in a person's stool are effective for colon cancer screening, a study out Tuesday confirms. The findings, reported in the ...

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...