Younger women with metastatic colorectal cancer lived longer than younger men. However, this survival advantage disappeared with age, suggesting a benefit from estrogen or other hormones,…

More than 40 percent of Mexican-Americans in California have never had either of the most common screening tests for colorectal cancer, compared with 22 percent of non-Latino white…

Surviving colorectal cancer may depend partially on where one lives, a study hints.

Dr. Kevin Henry, of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services in Trenton, and colleagues…

Men and people of South Asian descent are more likely to have unfavorable perceptions of colon cancer screening, research from the UK shows.

The findings point the way toward strategies to…

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have figured out how bacteria that cause diarrhea may also be the culprit in some colon cancers. The investigators say that strains of the common…

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the Western world. Fortunately physicians today have an abundance of drug therapies available to…

Men who drink beer or liquor on a regular basis may face a heightened risk of several different types of cancer, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that among…

Taking aspirin not only can help keep colon cancer from coming back, but it also can lower the risk of dying from the disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

People who undergo screening colonoscopy in the morning rather than afternoon may be more likely to have potentially cancerous growths detected, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic…

For the 29,000 patients in the United States with metastatic colorectal cancer, chemotherapy with irinotecan is a standard treatment that has been shown to improve survival. But for…

Later diagnosis and differences in treatment may be among the reasons that African Americans are less likely than whites to survive colon cancer, a study published Monday suggests.

It…

People who want to reduce their risk of colon cancer may want to start exercising more and cutting down on red meat and alcohol, a new research review suggests.

Scientists discover novel mechanism that increases the risk of common colorectal cancer

Finnish Academy Professors Lauri Aaltonen and Jussi Taipale have identified and described a mechanism whereby a single-base change in the human genome…

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography may offer patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer an alternative to colonoscopy that is less-invasive, is better-tolerated and has good diagnostic…

Trained guides known as patient navigators can help encourage people to get screened for colorectal cancer, the results of a new pilot study shows.

People belonging to racial or ethnic minorities,…

A new study shows that a large majority of patients who present with advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to other organs (stage IV) don’t require immediate surgery to…

In a large study, a national team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic scientists observed that self-reported use of hormone therapy was associated with a…

Coffee is not significantly associated with a decreased risk of colorectal, colon, or rectal cancer, contrary to the results of previous trials that found a possible protective effect of coffee…

Achieving recommended changes in five lifestyle factors could substantially reduce the rate of colorectal cancer in the U.K. population—particularly among men, reports a study in the May…

A new study reveals the first-ever genetic link to the reason African-Americans are at increased risk of dying from colon cancer.

The discovery by researchers at the University of…

Researchers have identified a possible genetic cause for increased risk for a more advanced form of colorectal cancer in blacks that leads to shorter survival, according…

A new study reveals the first-ever genetic link to the reason African-Americans are at increased risk of dying from colon cancer.

The discovery by researchers at the University of…

A typical Western diet, rich in meat and fats and low in complex carbohydrates, is a recipe for colon cancer, Professor Stephen O’Keefe from the University of Pittsburgh, USA,…

Rectal cancer patients 75 and older are less likely to undergo radiation before undergoing surgery than are younger people with the disease, new research from Sweden shows.

The analysis of…

Patient Dennis Smith, age 60, is very lucky. After his wife urged him to have a routine colonoscopy, he was shocked to…