The devastating statistics about deaths from colon cancer have put the spotlight on a dreaded disease, which, today, could be ...

A recent report from the American Cancer Society confirmed that colorectal cancer is on the rise in young people, stating it’s the leading cause of cancer death in men and the second leading cause in ...

Gut Check is a periodic look at health claims made by studies, newsmakers, or conventional wisdom. We ask: Should you believe this? The Claim: Colonoscopy is far and away the best way to screen for ...

Editor's Note: This article is made possible through a sponsored content partnership with New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Dr. William Gramley of Hanover Gastroenterology - NHRMC Physician Group ...

As a gastroenterologist and cancer researcher, my mission is to help my patients live longer, healthier, and cancer-free lives. A rise in the number of younger Americans diagnosed with colorectal ...

People may prefer to get screened for colorectal cancer with a blood test rather than a colonoscopy. But more than twice as many colorectal cancer deaths would occur with blood-based screening as with ...

“Although several colorectal cancer screening methods have been shown to reduce colorectal cancer, nearly one-third of eligible adults in the United States have never completed colorectal cancer ...

Researchers from Taiwan report in a new study that unsedated colonoscopy for primary colorectal cancer screening is well accepted in a majority of patients. Sedation is typically used for colonoscopy ...

Dr. Bethany Malone has treated a lot of colorectal cancer patients. The youngest, not counting those with genetic conditions, ...

Researchers studied the rate of interval colorectal cancer in patients participating in the Polyp Prevention Trial Continued Follow-up Study and found that nine cases of colorectal cancer were ...

LIMA — For decades, the medical field was dominated by men. And while the number of women in medicine has increased exponentially in recent years, the area of proctology remains a man’s game. Unless ...