Colon cancer rates are rising in the U.S. among adults under the age of 50. Nearly double the number of young adults are diagnosed with colorectal cancer today compared to just a decade ago, according ...

James Van Der Beek stunned fans with an emotional video message at the “Dawson’s Creek” reunion earlier this week, sparking an outpouring of love and concern. The 48-year-old actor said he was “gutted ...

Colon cancer treatment is personalized based on stage, overall health and tumor characteristics. Early detection and accurate ...

Colon and rectal cancers, once largely confined to people in their 60s and 70s, are increasingly striking adults in their 40s, 30s and even 20s. The shift is so sharp that specialists now talk about a ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Ng's group has found that sugary diets — especially sugary drinks including soda, juice, and sports drinks — are associated ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Including encorafenib (Braftovi) and cetuximab (Erbitux) in the first-line treatment of BRAF V600E-mutated ...

The entertainment world is still reeling from the loss of Chadwick Boseman, who died on Friday at the age of 43. Boseman had reportedly been privately fighting colon cancer since 2016, meaning some of ...

One large study found that more advanced cases of colorectal cancer had a higher likelihood of returning. For example, if participants had stage 3 colon cancer, almost 25 percent experienced a ...

Metformin is the most widely prescribed diabetes drug in the world. Scientists believe the drug has some colon-cancer prevention benefits. New research provides hints about its use as a supplemental ...