Colon cancer affects 1 in 26 people assigned female at birth. While some symptoms may be similar to menstrual symptoms, other symptoms and the risk factors are the same across the board. Colon cancer ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — An international team has identified a potential microbial culprit behind the alarming rise in early-onset colorectal cancer: a bacterial toxin called colibactin. Scientists report ...

Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or the back passage (rectal cancer). Your treatment depends on whether you have colon or rectal cancer, as well as the stage of your cancer.

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology revealed that consuming tree nuts, such as almonds and walnuts, may significantly reduce the risk of colon cancer recurrence and death. Patients ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino with Mayo Clinic and multiple international cancer research centers have delivered a pooled analysis indicating that colon cancer recurrence risk drops below 0.5 ...