Researchers in the lab of Michael Sigal at the Max Delbrück Center and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin have elucidated the ...

With colorectal cancer rates rising among young people, it’s important to know the signs that may mean colon cancer.

Research shows young adults with colon cancer are often diagnosed late and face more aggressive forms of the disease, ...

Many health conditions can affect the descending colon, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colon cancer, colonic perforation, and diverticulitis. The colon helps the body absorb water and ...

Tumour, node and metastasis (TNM) staging is one of the systems used to stage bowel (colon and rectal) cancer. The stage of a cancer tells you how big it is and how far it has spread. It helps your ...

These practices, often overlooked, play a crucial role in promoting smooth and regular bowel movements, contributing ...

Colon cancer is on the rise, sharply surging, especially in youth. If you can identify with any of these signs below-read on ...

It is also known as congenital megacolon. With megacolon, the bowel becomes extremely dilated and atonic (not moving) with a large amount of stool "just sitting there." In many ways, atonic colon is ...

Colon cancer survivor John B. Johnson shares his journey from diagnosis to recovery and his message to young people.

Four years after her diagnosis, Natalie Phelps is drawing attention to the growing number of people under 50 being diagnosed ...

Obesity, family history, and inflammatory bowel disease all raise the risk of colorectal cancer in adults under 50.

Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI s ...