Mike Francisco was an athletic 35-year-old Phoenix medical professional when he was diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer. His story is not unusual.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jenna Scott a 39-year-old Chief Operating Officer in Peach Tree Corners, Georgia. The following has been edited for length and clarity. For the ...
Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the U.S., with more than 100,000 cases diagnosed each year. But some people ...
A Charlotte family is sharing the story of a husband and father who died after a battle with colorectal cancer, hoping to encourage others to get screened and support local research and education ...
Colon cancer is appearing more often in younger adults, and many of those cases go undetected until the disease has already spread.
MAFS star Mel Schilling provided fans with an update on her cancer diagnosis, explaining that the bowel cancer she had ...
Doctors warn colon cancer is rising in younger adults after a 28-year-old mother's symptoms were initially mistaken for haemorrhoids.
Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...
A new light-based sensor can spot incredibly tiny amounts of cancer biomarkers in blood, raising the possibility of earlier and simpler cancer detection. The technology merges DNA nanotechnology, ...
A newly discovered virus hiding inside common gut bacteria may be linked to colorectal cancer, according to new research. Scientists in Denmark found that colorectal cancer patients were about twice ...