At 47 years old, orthopedic surgeon Todd Grunander never expected to hear the word cancer, let alone colon cancer.

A rising number of colon cancer diagnoses among younger adults has drawn urgent attention to early symptoms that can be mistaken for less serious conditions such as haemorrhoids. Colon cancer is a ...

A UT Dallas and UT Southwestern study found tumors in younger patients develop in scar-like colon tissue — changes that may occur before cancer forms. Getty Images Last month, actor James Van Der Beek ...

When Amy Piccioli (Pee-CHO-lee) went to the emergency room in Los Angeles in 2024, she thought she was dehydrated after a stomach bug swept through her family. Instead, doctors found something far ...

March marks Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time health experts say is critical for encouraging people to get screened ...

Today, Kalei Martin shares her journey online to raise awareness about colorectal cancer, particularly in younger adults ...

Colorectal cancer has increasingly affected younger adults, and is now the leading cause of cancer death for those under 50 ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and a local woman who was shocked by a diagnosis in her late 30s is sharing her story.

Private companies are capitalizing on this quest for information. Grail’s Galleri blood test screens for more than 50 ...

“Most patients with colorectal cancer are asymptomatic,” Claassen said. “However, patients, particularly younger patients ...

You don’t get colon cancer during your 30s or 40s, right? Wrong. Rising rates of colorectal cancer among younger generations show otherwise. This was brought home when actor James Van Der Beek died ...

Because colorectal cancer is on the rise in people younger than 50, major medical associations, including the ACS and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, have updated their guidelines to ...