Dear Doctors: I want to know more about how exercising gives you a better chance of recovering from colon cancer. I’ve been trying to help my brother-in-law, who just got diagnosed. He doesn’t ...

Don’t stall — your butt is on the line. Because of this worrisome trend, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lowered its recommendation for starting colorectal cancer screening from age 50 ...

Patients with colon cancer using GLP-1 receptor agonists (the class of drugs behind treatments like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro) had substantially lower five-year death rates than those not using ...

In a new study, colon cancer patients on these medications were more likely to make it to the 5-year survival mark than patients not on the drugs. In a new study, colon cancer patients who took GLP-1 ...

Colorectal Cancer Alliance Urges Action for Women’s Health and Clinical Trials Awareness Month Many young people and ...

A three-year exercise program improved survival in colon cancer patients and kept disease at bay, a first-of-its-kind international experiment showed. With the benefits rivaling some drugs, experts ...

Colorectal cancer, once rare in younger adults, is rising sharply, with cases under age 50 doubling in a generation. Experts cite lifestyle shifts, environmental exposures, and microbiome changes as ...

Kentucky has one of the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the US, but early detection leads to a 91% five-year survival rate. Colorectal cancer is projected to become the leading cancer killer for ...

Colorectal cancer is on the rise among younger adults, prompting experts to lower the recommended screening age to 45. Early detection through colonoscopy, stool-based tests, or flexible sigmoidoscopy ...

People are living longer after a cancer diagnosis than ever before. According to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS), 70% of those who receive a cancer diagnosis survive for five or ...

African-American people diagnosed with colon cancer have consistently lower survival rates compared with white patients, despite a nationwide decline in colon cancer deaths overall. According to a new ...

T he potential role of vitamin D in preventing and treating colorectal cancer (CRC) has attracted growing research interest – ...