While 1.1% might sound like a small number, the cumulative effect over nearly two decades has been profound. In the early ...

A JAMA study released Jan. 22 found that colorectal cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in people under age 50. The ...

Colorectal cancer has since jumped up from being the fifth-leading cancer death in the early 1990s.

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths among people younger than 50 in the United States, according to a ...

The disease steadily has been killing more Americans under 50 for years as the mortality rates for other cancers have fallen, ...

Meanwhile, mortality from other leading cancers is declining ...

It's the top cause of cancer death for men and women combined, a new study says.

Colorectal cancer has emerged as the leading cause of cancer deaths among individuals younger than 50 in the United States, a startling revelation highlighted in a recent study published in the ...

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan ...

Using the data from the National Center for Health Statistics, researchers said that in the decades from 1990 to 2023, cancer ...

A new report found that colorectal cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer, including breast and lung cancers. Experts explain why, and what it means for you.