A new American Cancer Society report shows colorectal cancer is rising in younger adults. Doctors urge people at average risk start screening at age 45.

A gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic who treats patients with colorectal cancer shares the warning signs of the disease he'd look for in his own body.

Colorectal cancer rates are surging among younger adults, with those 65 and under now comprising 45% of new diagnoses ...

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in men and women in the USA under the age of 50 combined, according to the American Cancer Society.

Did the high levels of dangerous chemicals directly cause the elevated rates of cancer?

Colorectal cancer has become the leading cause of cancer death among people under 50 in the United States – and the reasons why are still murky, a new report says. In the early 1990s, colorectal ...

Researchers in Denmark have identified a previously unknown virus (bacteriophage) in gut bacteria, which they believe may is associated with colon cancer.

Cancer is the No. 1 cause of line-of-duty deaths among firefighters, who are 9% more likely than the general population to be ...