As scientists question the rise in early colon cancer cases, a new study is offering some potential answers. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (center) that ...

Claudia Umanita’s stomach pain started slowly in 2024, the kind of dull cramping that could have come from myriad common causes: constipation, her menstrual cycle, a virus. But stomach aches tend to ...

Ozempic and Wegovy might help people avoid colon cancer as well as promote weight loss or control diabetes, a new study says. People who took a GLP-1 drug were 36% less likely to get colon cancer than ...

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 ...

(WSVN) - It’s called the “silent surge” — men in their 30s being diagnosed with colon cancer. 7Investigates why their symptoms are often misdiagnosed. Here’s 7’s Courtney Allen. Thirty-four-year-old ...

Colorectal cancer — which includes cancer of the colon and of the rectum — is considered early onset when diagnosed in people under the age of 50. While the majority of diagnoses are still among ...

Increased stiffness of the colon, spurred by chronic inflammation, may encourage the development and progression of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), a study co-led by UT Southwestern Medical ...

EVERY DAY, A CANCER DIAGNOSIS CHANGES SOMEONE’S LIFE FOREVER AND ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH, IS BEING SAID MORE OFTEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH COLON CANCER. BLAKE EASON SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH TWO SISTERS ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a colonoscopy performed, and my doctor noted that I had a “tortured colon.” His answer was somewhat vague when I asked what caused this condition and if there was anything I ...

Many people associate colon cancer with old age, but that's not the case anymore, as the number of young people being diagnosed is on the rise. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated ...

Treatment with a GLP-1 receptor agonist (RA) may offer a survival advantage in patients with colon cancer and obesity. In a real-world analysis of nearly 7000 patients with colon cancer, those taking ...

The study’s findings track with recent research on the alarming rise of the cancer in younger adults. By Alice Callahan About 15 years ago, Dr. Andrew T. Chan, a gastroenterologist at Mass General ...