March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and if there’s one message I want every neighbor, friend, and family member to hear, ...

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

The American Cancer Society predicts that 55,000 people or more will pass away from colorectal cancer this year, and doctors at United Hospital Center (UHC) in Bridgeport are raising awareness for ...

Learn why colonoscopy screening starting at 45 can find and remove polyps early, reduce colorectal cancer risk, and ease ...

An oncologist explains the situations when doctors recommend getting screened for colorectal cancer before age 45.

Doctors really want you to get screened for colorectal cancer. So some are picking guitars and setting up a giant walk-through inflatable model of a colon. Rockdoc and the Healers, an ensemble of ...

She was 38 years old. When she got home, she was reassured—by two different doctors—that it was probably hemorrhoids. But her ...

Colonoscopy” and “cool” are rarely uttered in the same sentence.Yet, Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine ...

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

When compared with FIT+colonoscopy, the FIT+AI-assisted colonoscopy strategy resulted in fewer cancer-related life years lost (5355 y vs 5327 y), a higher number and proportion of CRC cases prevented ...

Doctors say although screenings typically begin at the age of 45, they are seeing an increase in younger patients developing colon cancer.

Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...