Unlike many cancers, colorectal cancer has become more lethal for people at younger ages. Doctors are sleuthing out why.

Rectal cancer is becoming increasingly common at a younger age, doctors are warning, with the mortality rate for the disease ...

We spoke with North Carolina doctors about how to mitigate risk of colon cancer, and new treatments.

Scientists have zeroed in on a widely-used weed killer that could be tied to a historic rise in young colon cancer cases.

A new study finds the worrisome rise in colorectal cancer deaths among younger adults is concentrated in people with less ...

Deaths from rectal cancer are rising rapidly among younger adults, an alarming trend that is confounding scientists trying to ...

Colorectal cancer was considered a disease that mainly affected older adults; now doctors are diagnosing more people in their ...

Patients at community health centers were more likely to participate in colon cancer screening if they were mailed a test kit ...

Intuition is what prompted Colleen McGarrity to get a colonoscopy at age 41. The preventative screening probably saved her life. The Ford City resident experienced spotty symptoms but had no family ...

Researchers say the rise in colorectal cancer among Americans younger than 45 is likely to keep accelerating over the next ...

Colon cancer is on the rise in younger people. A doctor said many people are missing an early warning sign because too ...