Research from molecular biologist Ludmil Alexandrov, from UC San Diego, offers insight into colon cancer as it's the third ...

If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research ...

A new way to screen for colon cancer is giving Americans more options to spot the disease in its early stages. According to the American Cancer Society, 1-in-3 adults do not get screened as ...

Colon cancer diagnosis involves colonoscopy, imaging, and blood tests, with staging guiding treatment decisions. Stage 1 treatment typically involves surgery, while stage 2 may include chemotherapy ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A physician who writes about challenges with navigating healthcare. And while colonoscopy remains the gold standard for prevention ...

Every year, doctors diagnose more than 107,000 cases of colorectal cancer. While survival rates have improved, it's still the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women combined. Knowing ...