Many young people aren't being screened, meaning the disease is often found late, when it's harder to treat.

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths among people younger than 50 in the United States, according to a ...

Deaths from the disease are rising while U.S. cancer mortality overall is declining and 70% of Americans survive their ...

Fewer people under age 50 are dying from cancer in the U.S., but colorectal cancer mortality rates continue to surge ...

Meanwhile, mortality from other leading cancers is declining ...

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan ...

New research pinpoints exactly how much alcohol is linked to an increased colon cancer risk ...

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 ...

A recent study revealed that colon cancer has become the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among Americans under 50, ...

It's the top cause of cancer death for men and women combined, a new study says.

The researchers examined the five leading causes of cancer death among the under-50 age group. They found that overall, from 1990 through 2023, more than 1.2 million people died of cancer in the ...

A new report found that colorectal cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer, including breast and lung cancers ...