Colon cancer has been on the rise in Americans under 50 for the last three decades, but it’s not exactly clear why. Researchers suspect poor diet, obesity, sedentary lifestyles, environmental ...

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Adding to adjuvant mFOLFOX6 significantly improved outcomes in resected stage III dMMR colon cancer, reducing recurrence or death risk by 50% versus chemotherapy alone. In the phase 3 ATOMIC trial, ...

Researchers have revealed another potential reason to avoid ultraprocessed foods. Seed oils — which are plant-based cooking oils that are often used in processed, packaged foods — have been linked to ...

Rates of colon cancer among young people have been steadily rising over the past three decades, even as diagnoses among older people decline. A staggering 20% of colorectal cancer cases in 2019 were ...

Three scientists working in a laboratory. They are bending over a table looking at data and a paper. Heather Candrilli, 36, a mother of two, is battling metastatic colon cancer, underscoring the ...

Today, doctors are increasingly looking at the genetic makeup of each patient’s tumor to guide treatment decisions.

Colon cancer is the third most prevalent form of cancer in the U.S., and its incidence is increasing among younger adults, particularly those younger than 50. While colon cancer screening has helped ...

Serious colon issues often develop quietly, making early symptoms easy to overlook. Conditions like colon cancer can start with subtle changes. Here are five warning signs you should pay attention to.

Climbing rates of colon and rectal cancer among people under 50 years old is a striking recent trend that has alarmed and puzzled clinicians racing to figure out why. Now a new study published in Gut ...

Background: Survivors of cancer in adolescence and young adulthood are at increased risk for subsequent primary neoplasms, but studies using Canadian data are limited. We sought to quantify the risk ...