Colorectal cancer is a common cancer in the United States. The National Cancer Institute estimates many diagnoses and deaths.

Researchers investigated the association between lifestyle changes after screening for colonoscopy and the development of ...

The new guidelines are another method of keeping a high-quality standard for colorectal cancer screening. The latest recommendations on quality indicators for colonoscopy were released on August 22, ...

The American Cancer Society has raised concern over the rising number of colorectal cancer cases in younger adults and is urging people to begin regular screening at age 45. Once considered a disease ...

A single-center study published in JAMA supported recent recommendations that the age of colorectal cancer screening age be lowered to 45, Medpage Today reported June 3. The study, conducted by ...

October 9, 2008 — Stool DNA testing is a new approach to screening for colorectal cancer, but it is an evolving technology. A study has found that the first-generation stool DNA test (SDT-1) is not ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The recent increase in colon cancer cases has led to a push for more screening, especially for people 45 years and older. While colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risks for CRC and CRC-specific death were lower for 15 years in the group with a negative first colonoscopy.

Colorectal cancer was once considered primarily a disease of aging. But rates are now on the rise among younger adults. Since 2011, colon cancer rates among people younger than 50 have increased by ...

As a practicing gastroenterologist, my colleagues and I spend much of our professional careers dedicated to the screening, surveillance, and treatment of colorectal cancer and precursor lesions called ...

The National Cancer Institute estimates that 152,810 people in the United States received a diagnosis of colon or rectal cancer in 2024. Approximately 53,010 died of it. With March being Colorectal ...