It took three years, four emergency-room visits and multiple misdiagnoses before Reuben Cheatem was diagnosed with stage III ...

Vague health issues like fatigue, stomach pain, and bloating often go away on their own, but can be early warning signs of ...

When your large intestine, or colon, is working smoothly, you hardly think about it. But when it isn’t functioning properly, it can create a host of problems far beyond constipation or diarrhea. It ...

Colon cancer, or bowel cancer, is now increasingly common among younger adults with a steady rise in cases since 2004 ...

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 ...

People usually recognize its symptoms through signs like stomach pain, change in bowel habits or diarrhea and constipation, ...

Colorectal cancers are some of the most common cancers in the United States, with more than 150,000 new cases predicted to develop in 2026, according to the American Cancer Society. While it is highly ...

The shift in screening guidelines is associated with a recent increase in early-stage colorectal cancer diagnoses, but it does not explain the rise among younger adults in general – a trend that began ...

Minor and seemingly harmless symptoms can, in some cases, be early signs of cancer. Nevertheless, they are often overlooked.

Shakilya Carpenter was just 32 years old when she was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The New Jersey native and cellular molecular biology student now conducts cancer research and is no stranger to ...

(CNN) — Even more colorectal cancer cases are being found in adults under 50, and a new collection of research suggests that a surge in screening may be tied to many of the more recent diagnoses – but ...