COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, where health experts, patients and survivors are raising awareness and urging people to pay attention to their health. According to ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS – March marks Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of screening for colon cancer, the second leading cancer killer in the U.S. for both men and women. Despite the ...

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...

Meta analysis in obese colorectal cancer patients found robotic assisted surgery modestly reduced hospital stay versus standard laparoscopy, with no significant differences in complications, ...

ST. LOUIS – It’s an oversized inflatable way of encouraging others to get screened for cancer told by a survivor. “With these diseases there are no symptoms,” says Patricia Bagi, a cancer Survivor and ...

Here’s the bottom line — nearly 53,000 Americans are projected to die from colorectal cancer this year. The overall five-year survival rate for the disease is around 65%. Several factors significantly ...

One large study found that more advanced cases of colorectal cancer had a higher likelihood of returning. For example, if participants had stage 3 colon cancer, almost 25 percent experienced a ...

Fugees co-founder Pras Michel’s sentencing hearing relating to his 2023 conviction for conspiracy, witness tampering and failing to register as an agent of China was delayed last week amid “emergency ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...