About 19,550 of those diagnoses were in people younger than 50 years old, and for men under 50 in particular, colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death. Screening for colon cancer, ...

Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and ...

Dr. Cynthia Yoshida with UVA Cancer Center’s Colorectal Cancer Screening Program explains the rise in cancer cases among ...

Tomorrow, Gregor Townsend will stand at the foot of a mountain range in Japan with four peaks to climb and a challenge to be ...

For adults with average cancer risk, a blood test could provide an option for colon cancer screening instead of a colonoscopy.

From new blood- and stool-based screening options, to changes in colonoscopy age and quality recommendations, here are what seven leaders have told Becker's about major colonoscopy screening changes ...

Created by Guardant Health, the blood test, known as Shield, was able to detect 83% of colorectal cancers in studies but only 13% of dangerous polyps. Colonoscopies find approximately 95% of these ...

"Stool-based test offers a promising solution to reduce the burden of a colonoscopy," experts emphasized on September 21st, ...

Investors have poured billions of dollars into the "liquid biopsy" space for the early detection and tracking of cancer. Now ...

Merck & Co.'s stock was flat on Wednesday, after the drug company said a late-stage trial of its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda in combination with favezelimab failed to meet the main goal of ...

An attempt by Merck & Co. to unlock the microsatellite stable (MSS) metastatic colorectal cancer market has ended in failure.

Scotland rugby head coach Gregor Townsend will undertake a gruelling four-day fundraising climbing challenge in tribute to ...