While colorectal cancer polyps often have no symptoms—especially in the early stages—there are some warning signs to be on ...

Colon cancer remains one of the most prevalent yet often undetected forms of cancer, developing silently in the large ...

Barry Stein had ignored symptoms that started appearing in 1995, until he was diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer.

Scientists say a groundbreaking new test can predict patients at high risk of developing bowel cancer with 90 per cent accuracy. The study, published in the journal Gut, could lead to blood testing ...

Research that has not yet been peer-reviewed shows the newest blood test is more than 80% accurate in detecting colon cancer ...

A simple blood test has shown promising results in accurately detecting colon cancer, a deadly disease that is rising at an ...

Her stool suddenly became thin and ... cells using up her body’s energy. People with colon cancer can also feel tired due to blood loss from polyps or tumors bleeding into the digestive tract ...

Colon cancer can start anywhere in the colon, which is about 5 feet long and absorbs water from stool. Rectal cancer starts in the rectum, which is the last 12 centimeters (nearly 5 inches ...

but not all polyps turn into cancer. Colon cancer screening with a stool-based test or colonoscopy is strongly recommended so that any found polyps can be removed before they can become cancer.