Shannon Ivey was 42 and a single mom when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer. She reveals the symptoms she mistook ...

Colon cancer is now the deadliest cancer for people under 50, and researchers are scrambling to understand why rectal cases are driving the trend.

Colon cancer can announce its presence with symptoms like abdominal pain or cramping, bloody stools, and one lesser-known sign: change in poop shapes.The National Cancer Institute estimates that more ...

Experts break down the surprising new findings.

Colorectal cancer is highly treatable when caught early—and FIT tests make screening easier than ever with a simple at‑home ...

After decades of decline, rates of rectal cancer have risen by about 1 percent each year from 2018 to 2022. Rectal cancer, which originates in the last 12 to 15 centimeters of the large intestine, now ...

The discrepancy isn't just in the rate of occurrence — it’s also caused by tumor location.

This month’s death of “Dawson’s Creek” star James Van Der Beek, 48, has put a fresh spotlight on colorectal cancer.

As March marks National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, public health advocates and national cancer organizations are ...

An oncologist explains the findings.

"It has been a paradox that we repeatedly find the same bacterium in connection with colorectal cancer, while at the same time it is a completely normal part of the gut in healthy people," says ...

It’s still not clear what’s driving young-onset colorectal cancers. Suspected risk factors run the gamut from early ...