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 ...

Lauren Ver Steeg isn’t afraid to crack a butt joke. After being diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer at 26, she’s made a conscious effort to talk openly about the often-taboo topics that surround the ...

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 ...

Rhythm Biosciences has reached a major milestone with the first commercial sale of its blood-based ColoSTAT colorectal cancer test, signalling the start of the company’s commercial clinical diagnostic ...

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.

Bowel Cancer Screening campaign urges Victorians aged 45–74 to complete free at-home tests for early detection and prevention.

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 ...

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

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. A new blood test offers an easier screening option for Tennesseans.

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

In June 2024, Rebecca Bowyer, a 46-year-old nurse from Falmouth and an adoptee, finally received the name of her birth father from her social worker after 25 years of searching.