When David Thau, a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., was 34, he periodically experienced pain in his stomach, irregular bowel movements, blood in his stool and vomiting, and he visited doctors ...

Mike Francisco was an athletic 35-year-old Phoenix medical professional when he was diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer. His story is not unusual.

It took three years, four emergency-room visits and multiple misdiagnoses before Reuben Cheatem was diagnosed with stage III ...

The survey results reveal strong enthusiasm for blood-based screening options among adults aged 45 and older, the group ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 24, Meagan Meadows thought she was too young to have colon cancer but was diagnosed with stage 3. The only warning sign was ...

FOBT-positive patients who skipped colonoscopy had fourfold higher cancer incidence ...

In the United States, colorectal cancer is the fourth most common kind of cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer deaths, making screening very important.

International scientists are examining diet, family history, and genetic factors as possible causes, but no definitive ...

Doctors say there are less invasive screening options for colon cancer, but each comes with tradeoffs.

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Colorectal cancer symptoms a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist monitors in himself include seeing blood with a bowel movement ...