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

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) -- Colon cancer kills 50,000 Americans a year but is one of the most curable cancers if caught early through preventative screening. However one Bay Area family said their mother ...

Colon cancer, once considered a disease of the elderly, is now rapidly affecting young people as well. Previously, this problem typically affected people over 50 years of age, but now cases are being ...

Scientists have developed a simple formula that can help find colon cancer patients with certain inherited bad genes — information that can help determine the best course of treatment and identify ...

Scientists have developed a simple formula that can help find colon cancer patients with certain inherited bad genes — information that can help determine the best course of treatment and identify ...

Researchers are learning how vitamins and minerals in the diet can stimulate or prevent the appearance of colon cancer. Biological markers could influence colon cancer risk. Researchers at Emory ...

Lingering inflammation in the colon is a known risk factor for colorectal cancer and now scientists report one way it resets the stage to enable this common and often deadly cancer. Inflammation is ...

Doctors found a fly in the colon of a 63-year-old man during a routine colonoscopy. They suspect the fly was swallowed, and were shocked to find it fully intact. Although it's rare, this isn't the ...

Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered the identity of the stem-cell niche of the colon. The niche comprises special cells that activate the stem cells of the adjacent intestinal ...