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 ...

A trip to the loo used to fill Gagan Papneja with dread. 'I'd developed a phobia of going because I would regularly see blood, and I was scared I'd got cancer,' says Gagan, 45, who works in finance.

Colorectal or colon Cancer is often described as a “lifestyle disease”, commonly linked to diet, obesity, aging, and lack of physical activity. However, doctors warn that for some people, the risk ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. According to the American Cancer Society, it’s estimated more than 108,000 people living in the U.S. will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year.

People as young as 45 should be invited to provincial and territorial programs to screen for colorectal cancer, says the Canadian Cancer Society. The call comes as emerging evidence suggests younger ...

Symptoms of colon cancer can include: A change in bowel habits, such as more frequent diarrhea or constipation. Rectal bleeding or blood in the stool. Ongoing discomfort in the belly area, such as ...

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 ...

As colorectal cancer rates rise in patients under 50, at least two local health systems are hiring more doctors, realigning care and increasing education.

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 ...

March marks Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, an important opportunity to highlight one of the nation’s most preventable — but still deadly — cancers. Colorectal cancer affects people of all ages, ...

Colon cancer in people under 50 years of age is on the rise. According to a new study published in January by the Journal of American Medical ...

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 ...