A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque may be behind a treatment-resistant form of colorectal cancer, a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature found. Doctor holding a colon anatomy ...

Colorectal cancer. Although it sounds like one condition, the term actually encompasses two separate ones — colon and rectal cancer. One in 20 people are diagnosed with cancer of the colon or rectum ...

Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality and the third most common cancer, with incidence rates increasing among individuals younger than 50 years.1 ...

Women who eat higher amounts of ultraprocessed foods may face a greater risk of developing colorectal polyps before age 50, a ...

Ignore this red flag, and it could come back to bite you in the rear. A new study has identified the “strongest predictor of colorectal cancer” in adults under 50 — increasing the odds of a diagnosis ...

One of the primary differences between anal and rectal cancer is what causes them. Anal cancers are strongly associated with HPV and HIV infections, while rectal cancers are often linked to genetic ...

PROFESSOR Calvin Coffey, academic head of surgery at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) and foundation chair of surgery at the ...

A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque may be behind a treatment-resistant form of colorectal cancer, a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature found. The particular bacterium, which ...