In the US, the highest rates of colorectal cancer are found in those of American Indian, Alaska Native, and African American descent. A personal history of colorectal cancer, colorectal polyps, or ...

Matthew Ng, MD, with The George Washington University Hospital and Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center discusses colorectal ...

Immunotherapy uses the power of your immune system to fight your cancer. One type of immunotherapy is called an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Your immune system has built-in checkpoints that help it ...

A clinical trial points to revised treatment strategies for colorectal cancer.

UAB Medicine offers liver transplantation as a treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer, expanding access to advanced ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in people under the age of 50, according to the American Cancer Society ...

Molecular/genomic profiling is expanding precision selection of systemic therapy and may enable immunotherapy-driven organ ...

Colon cancer is rising in younger adults as early symptoms like rectal bleeding and bowel changes are often ignored, delaying diagnosis.

A woman who was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer has undergone 180 rounds of chemotherapy over nearly a decade — but says she's now on hospice care, as "no treatment options" were working anymore.

Scientists long ago identified their target: a smooth-surfaced protein inside cells, called KRAS, that is altered in certain ...

Kathy Lemoine's 30-year-old son, Andrew Reaster, died after he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. His main symptom was ...