Colorectal cancer now leads cancer deaths in adults under 50, with cases rising since 1995. Learn when to start screening and recognize key symptoms to protect yourself.

Duncan Regional Hospital held a community health event focused on colon cancer awareness as part of March’s Colon Cancer Awareness Month.

Doctors say millions are waiting too long to get screened ...

Colorectal cancer screening means searching for colon and rectal tumors in those without symptoms and at risk patients with no history of colon or rectal polyps or cancer. Colon and rectal cancer are ...

Colon cancer rates are on the rise for those under 50, underscored by the recent passing of actor James Van Der Beek at 48, ...

More adults younger than 50 are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Early-onset cases are expected to more than double in the next decade. Dr. Shahnaz Sultan, a Gastroenterology professor at the ...

A woman in her 30s was diagnosed with colorectal cancer after six years of doctors dismissing symptoms, believing they were ...

The gut microbiome—the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract—drives a process vital for protecting the colon against tissue injury, according to the findings ...

A gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic who treats patients with colorectal cancer shares the warning signs of the disease he'd look for in his own body.

March is Colon Cancer Awareness month. According to a study published in January 2026 by the Journal of American Medical Association, colorectal cancer is now t ...

Fargo Cass Public Health is using a 10-foot-tall inflatable colon exhibit to educate people about colorectal cancer.

Owensboro Health, in partnership with the Kentucky Cancer Program, will host its annual Colon Cancer Awareness Events at six locations across western Kentucky beginning next week.