According to the MD Anderson Cancer Centre, bowel cancer, known as colon or colorectal cancer, may not show any symptoms in the early stages, but as the disease progress more symptoms may appear ...

Occasional constipation is common, but doctors warn that constipation lasting for months may signal colon cancer, especially if bowel habits change. Experts say persistent constipation with symptoms ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m due for my first colonoscopy, and I understand that the physician will be looking for polyps. What are they? Should I be worried if they find some? ANSWER: Good for you for ...

New research suggests that biological age — a measure of the body’s physiological state — could predict who is at higher risk for developing colon polyps, a key risk factor for colorectal cancer. For ...

For years, researchers have noted an alarming rise in colorectal cancer in younger people that’s not fully explained away by ...

WHEN James Rogers first spotted blood in his poo his doctors insisted it wouldn’t be cancer. They even ran blood tests on the ...

Colorectal cancer, or colon cancer, is the third most common cancer diagnosed and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Most colorectal cancers begin as a ...

Dr. Sandy Kavalukas, an oncologist with University of Louisville Health, said that a new change allows patients with a family ...