When Peters first noticed blood on toilet paper after bowel movements at age 33, her doctors quickly dismissed it as a ...

Physicians are seeing troublingly rising rates of colon cancer among people under 50, even though colorectal cancer has long ...

The Population Health Colorectal Cancer Program is working to understand barriers people might face and how health care providers can support people in getting screened. The FIT checks for blood in ...

Cancer that impacts the colon or rectum can cause irritation, inflammation, and bleeding. Blood may appear bright red or could cause stool to have a darker color. Some cases of colon and rectal ...

A Minnesota woman was told her stage 4 colon cancer couldn’t be cured. Two years later, she’s cancer-free — and says a ...

More precisely, it can detect the hemoglobin protein in blood. The DNA part of the test checks for abnormal sections of DNA. This may show up if cancer or polyp cells have come off the lining of your ...

Tragically, in September 2024, a colonoscopy and endoscopy revealed a mass on the dad’s colon. In surgery a month later, ...

Radwah Oda, 33 years old, originally from the US state of Texas, began experiencing intestinal problems and chest pain in ...

Bowel cancer is increasing among young people. Cases have doubled in the last 20 years. Lifestyle and diet are major factors.

Once considered a disease of the elderly, colon cancer is now increasingly affecting younger adults, with medical experts ...