After the fasting, the uncomfortable cleanse and a drowsy ride home, it's a relief to have your colonoscopy screening behind ...

“Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and be screened regularly for them,” says Fola May, MD, a gastroenterologist ...

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New research suggests that biological age — a measure of the body’s physiological state — could predict who is at higher risk for developing colon polyps, a key risk factor for colorectal cancer. For ...

For the majority of patients with large or difficult to remove colorectal polyps (growths in the colon), the incidence of cancer is actually lower than previously thought, and using more advanced ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese and overweight people are more likely to develop colon polyps, a possible precursor to cancer, than are slimmer individuals, according to a new review of past ...

Colorectal cancer — which includes cancer of the colon and of the rectum — is considered early onset when diagnosed in people ...

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

Including more broccoli in your diet could reduce the risk of colon cancer, new research suggests. Diet is known to be a key modifiable risk factor for colon cancer — particularly a lack of vegetables ...

Gen Xers and Millennials have a higher risk of developing and dying from certain cancers than older generations, according to a massive new study published Wednesday. Researchers at the American ...

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