A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how ...

Some good news for your gut. Cases of colorectal cancer are steadily rising and showing up in alarming rates in young people, ...

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

Colorectal cancer breaks the usual immune rules, with certain regulatory T cells linked to improved survival. In many solid ...

Bowel cancer rates have been rising in people under 55 for years. But scientists have yet to determine the reason.

Colon cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. But with regular screening and early detection, colon cancer can be prevented or successfully treated. This is because ...

"The presence of tumor deposits indicates a higher risk of cancer recurrence at every stage...We should update our tumor staging protocols to include tumor deposits even when lymph node metastases are ...

The new Sassun-Mayo staging system, which integrates tumor deposit and lymph node counts, improves prognostic accuracy for patients with colon cancer compared with the standard American Joint ...

New data indicate that nonoperative surveillance after removing a malignant colorectal polyp can achieve high rates of rectal ...

Researchers found that the Wnt5a protein, secreted by inflammatory fibroblasts within cancerous tumors, inhibits angiogenesis and consequently promotes hypoxia within tumors. Hypoxic conditions help ...

A survivor is sharing the colorectal cancer symptoms she missed in the hopes of helping others. About 150,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with colorectal cancer, which occurs when cells in the ...

Colon cancer remains a major global health concern, ranking third among the most diagnosed cancers and leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. One critical factor that makes treating colon ...