Q: My friend was just diagnosed with colon cancer, and they said it's stage IIIB. What does that mean? How do doctors figure out the stage? A: When someone is diagnosed with colon cancer, one of the ...

I was living a normal 29-year-old life. I thought my symptoms were no big deal, until they started happening more ...

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 ...

Researchers investigated whether the time interval between a positive FIT result and follow-up colonoscopy is linked to risk for CRC.

At 24, Meagan Meadows thought she was too young to have colon cancer but was diagnosed with stage 3. The only warning sign was blood in her stool, which she almost missed because it was difficult to ...