Doctors say there is no single explanation for the rise in colorectal cancer among younger adults. Instead, several factors linked to modern lifestyles may be contributing ...

For decades, colon cancer was largely seen as a disease of older adults. Doctors usually began screening after the age of 50. That assumption is slowly changing. Hospitals across the world are ...

Residents in Walsall have shared their frustrations with GP services after the town was hailed as having the highest number of GP surgeries in the country.

Researchers in Denmark have identified a previously unknown virus (bacteriophage) in gut bacteria, which they believe may is associated with colon cancer.

Rhythm Biosciences is entering a new commercial era, following the first sale of its revolutionary Colostat bowel cancer ...

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early – sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different can ...

Rhythm Biosciences has reached a major milestone with the first commercial sale of its blood-based ColoSTAT colorectal cancer test. ... Read More The post Rhythm hits key milestone with first sale of ...

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.

Mary was sure something wasn’t right. For nearly a decade, the elementary school teacher and mother of two expressed concerns to doctors about itching, discomfort and blood in her stool, which were ...

Kirsty Laing is determined to help others avoid her experience ...