Other than skin cancers, colon or colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women. Doctors say the risk of developing it increases with age and is mostly diagnosed in adults over 50 ...

Time for a rear-ality check. Colorectal cancer rates have been rising among adults younger than 50 since the 1990s, a troubling trend that has perplexed scientists. Because of the increase in cases, ...

Colon cancer is now the deadliest cancer for people under 50, and researchers are scrambling to understand why rectal cases are driving the trend.

Automatically mailing a stool test kit to people's homes might be the best way to boost colon cancer screening among younger adults, a new study says. More 45- to 49-year-olds went ahead with cancer ...

When your large intestine, or colon, is working smoothly, you hardly think about it. But when it isn’t functioning properly, it can create a host of problems far beyond constipation or diarrhea. It ...

Colon cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in America. It's not deadly because it's particularly hard to treat or because oncologists are bad at spotting it. In large part, it's because people aren't ...

Whether you call it poop, No. 2 or a bowel movement, it’s about time we got more comfortable talking about it. As the kids’ book taught us: Everyone Poops. Our stool can share secrets about everything ...

Colon cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in the US, partly due to low screening rates. New and emerging screening tools, like blood and breath tests, may offer alternatives to in-office screenings.

A 24-year-old teacher was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, and she says she nearly missed the one symptom that she experienced: blood in her stool. Now, she's advocating for young people to pay ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Physician who writes about the rising rates of cancer in young adults. And while colonoscopy remains the gold standard for ...