March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and local doctors said this is a screening that you don’t want to put off.

Colorectal cancer is increasing in younger patients and is now the leading cause of cancer death in those under age 50, yet those patients lack support.

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

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

People in NEPA get colorectal cancer more than the national average. An ensemble of doctors and pro musicians will sing about prevention in Scranton on March 27.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the director and producer of "Andre is an Idiot," a new irreverent documentary about one man's battle with terminal colon cancer.

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

Colon cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide, and growing evidence suggests that what we eat plays a ...

A Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital event provided information on testing, prevention and living with colorectal cancer using a ...

A woman in her 40s was diagnosed with stage 3b colorectal cancer seven months after giving birth. She initially mistook the ...

Colorectal cancer death rates are increasing among adults aged younger than 50 years due to diagnostic delays and misdiagnoses, experts warn.

Colorectal cancer is highly preventable, and early detection saves lives. Colon Cancer Awareness Month is an ideal time for ...