The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly ...

If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research reveals a dramatic shift in colon cancer rates among Americans under 50.

Health experts stress early detection as colorectal cancer becomes leading cause of cancer deaths for Americans under 50 ...

This distinction is crucial. Unlike a mammogram or a lung scan, which are primarily imaging tests to find existing tumors, a ...

State data shows alarming trend as screening age drops to 45.

Gastroenterologist Daniel J. Pambianco, MD, writes about ACG’s recently updated guidelines for colorectal screening and the importance of routine colonoscopy screening in a Daily Progress article. Dr.

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 ...

Melissa Rieben, a nurse practitioner at Mercy Medical Center, told WBAL-TV 11 News that anyone who has a family history of cancer may want to start screening at younger ages to be proactive. Rieben ...

Overall cancer mortality among younger Americans has been declining for years. So why is colorectal cancer going in the opposite direction?

In this article a physician describes being diagnosed with cancer and her journey that occurred after diagnosis with colon ...

Diagnoses in people younger than 55 have nearly doubled since 1995.