"Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and ...

This thesis investigates less invasive treatments for large colon polyps and early-stage colon cancer. The focus on a new technique: the colonoscopy-assisted laparoscopic wedge resection (CAL-WR).

Women who ate the most ultra-processed foods – 10 servings per day on average – had a 45% higher risk of developing ...

Colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is one of the most frequent and aggressive cancers. According to the WHO, it ...

Over the 24-year follow-up period, researchers identified 1,189 participants who developed early-onset adenomas and 1,598 with serrated lesions — two types of precancerous colon ...

This article was originally published by Dome in its May/June 2024 issue. While the incidence of colorectal cancer has decreased among the U.S. population overall, there has been a gradual, and ...

Colon cancer symptoms usually don't arise until later stages of the disease, making routine screening imperative for prevention. Valiantsin Suprunovich/iStock via Getty Images More than 53,000 ...

Chaoyuan Kuang, MD, PhD, Co-Leader, GI Clinical and Translational Research, at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Othon Wiltz, MD, Colon and Rectal Surgeon, for Montefiore Einstein ...

Over 50,000 American men and women die every year from colorectal cancer (referred to in the rest of this column as colon cancer), but in some parts of the world it’s extremely rare because of ...

Colon cancer (also called colorectal cancer) is no longer just a disease of older adults — its incidence is rising sharply ...

New research suggests that biological age — a measure of the body’s physiological state — could predict who is at higher risk for developing colon polyps, a key risk factor for colorectal cancer. For ...

Kentucky has one of the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the US, but early detection leads to a 91% five-year survival ...