Traditionally, treatment for colorectal cancer meant surgery, often leaving patients with a colostomy bag for life. But Patty ...

A new treatment for rectal cancer is allowing some patients to avoid surgery. Doctors are seeing more young adults diagnosed ...

Fewer people under age 50 are dying from cancer in the U.S., but colorectal cancer mortality rates continue to surge ...

A new report found that colorectal cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer, including breast and lung cancers ...

Dr. Andreas M. Kaiser explains how a colostomy may preserve a patient’s health and help to avoid colorectal cancer complications. Although a permanent colostomy can serve as a life-saving measure for ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- There is a clinical trial going on that hopes to change the way patients with early-stage colorectal cancer are treated. Fox Chase Cancer Center is investigating a method ...

If you’re one of the 155,000 Americans who develop colorectal cancer this year, you’ll likely experience a roller coaster of emotions. Colorectal cancer occurs when cells in the colon or rectum grow ...

Chronic inflammation may be quietly reshaping the colon and making it more vulnerable to early-onset colorectal cancer. Scientists found that colon tissue in younger patients was stiffer, even in ...

City of Hope ®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S. with its National Medical Center named top 5 in the nation for cancer by U.S. News & World ...

The mental load of being a cancer patient.