Earlier initiation of average-risk screening at age 45 reflects increasing concern about younger-onset colorectal cancer ...

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

Matthew Ng, MD, with The George Washington University Hospital and Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center discusses colorectal ...

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

A study reveals that colonoscopies reduce the incidence of colon cancer, but had little impact on mortality rates.

A single screening colonoscopy reduced colorectal cancer incidence by roughly 30% over 13 years — a meaningful improvement over earlier findings — but failed to produce a statistically significant ...

Colorectal Cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in people younger than 50 and the Colorectal Cancer Alliance doesn't ...

Huntsman Cancer Institute recommends all individuals start regular colorectal cancer screenings at age 45. Colorectal cancer screenings help detect colon and rectal cancer early when it is easier to ...

Screening for the second leading cause of cancer deaths just got a bit easier. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of a new blood test for colorectal cancer (CRC).

Ontario has lowered the screening age for colon cancer to 45 years old from 50. But patients and advocates say with the ...