Colorectal cancer is rising among Americans under 50, increasing 2.9% even as cases decline in older adults. The cancer begins as polyps in the colon or rectum and may cause symptoms like bowel ...

Doctors say it’s common for symptoms of pregnancy and colon cancer to overlap, and that’s why some diagnoses get missed. It ...

Colon cancer is no longer a disease that only elderly suffer from. Even younger women at the age of 50 are also suffering ...

Colorectal cancers are the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men and fourth for women, but is the second overall when men and women are combined, according to data compiled by the ...

Colon cancer is rising in younger adults as early symptoms like rectal bleeding and bowel changes are often ignored, delaying diagnosis.

People 65 and older are seeing their rates of colorectal cancer drop, but younger people are being felled by a rising number ...

Colorectal cancer is especially deadly for younger adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s. It’s now the No. 1 cause of cancer deaths in people under 50, “a troubling shift in who is being affected,” the ...