WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A leading organization of cancer doctors announced Wednesday that only two screening methods were considered reliable when checking patients for a recurrence of colon cancer. The ...

Millions of people who have avoided colon cancer screening now can get a new home test that’s noninvasive and doesn’t require the icky preparation most other methods do. The test is the first to look ...

Credit: Getty Images Our easy-to-read fact sheet provides an overview of screening methods for colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer (CRC), a collective term for colon and rectal cancers, is the third ...

Colon cancer, also called colorectal cancer, is one of the most common cancers in the world. It develops in the colon or ...

Colon cancer used to feel like a worry for later-something to think about decades down the road. Not anymore. An estimated ...

CT colonography (CTC), combined with a low residue and hydration-controlled diet, but without cathartic cleansing, is showing promise as a potential tool to detect colon cancer early, preliminary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows in 2022, 36 cases were ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) developed a new imaging method that allows scientists to view the enteric nervous system (ENS) - a key part of ...

A team-based procedure for removing difficult or large precancerous colon polyps is effective and eliminates the need to take out part of a person's colon to reduce their cancer risk, a small clinical ...