Colon cancer treatment is personalized based on stage, overall health and tumor characteristics. Early detection and accurate ...

Edward Chu, MD, MMS, Director, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center, Vice-President for Cancer Medicine When caught early, colorectal cancer is easily treated and has a survival rate of over 90%. At the ...

(CNN) — Editor’s note: Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt is a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and past president of the Florida Urological Society. Colon cancer may seem like a distant concern ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

I’m 54, and I just got my first colonoscopy. I’m glad I did. My doctor removed four polyps during a 25-minute procedure. Two of the four were the type that, if left alone, could have the potential to ...

However experts say many of those deaths could be prevented. Colorectal cancer is one of the cancers for which effective screening exists. For one thing, colorectal cancer nearly always develops from ...

Occasional constipation is common, but doctors warn that constipation lasting for months may signal colon cancer, especially ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- No one likes to get a colonoscopy, but it's an important tool in the fight against colon cancer. There is an easier way: Cologuard is a non-invasive, effective, and affordable ...

Dr. Bethany Malone has treated a lot of colorectal cancer patients. The youngest, not counting those with genetic conditions, was 19 years old.Colorectal cancer used to be considered a cancer of older ...

In a time where social media rules and celebrities broadcast their lives in real-time, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney posted something of importance: Their colonoscopies, to shed light on the ...