Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Physician who writes about the rising rates of cancer in young adults. Colon cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths.

Mail-based screening programs are helping more Americans stay up to date with colorectal cancer tests—often with a simple box delivered at home.

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers when caught early, yet it remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Screening is essential because it detects the ...

Cancer screenings play a crucial role in protecting our long-term health, especially for anyone with a family history of ...

Colon cancer is the third leading cancer-related cause of death in men and fourth among women in Hawaiʻi. According to the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center’s Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry, approximately ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kentucky has long carried one of the highest burdens of colorectal cancer in the nation. For too many families, it is a diagnosis ...

With March being colon cancer awareness month, it’s a good time to look at some startling numbers on the disease here in the ...

A Selah woman’s colon cancer diagnosis at 45 is drawing attention to why doctors in Yakima say earlier screening matters.

Colorectal cancer is rising in younger adults, but up to 75% of cases could be prevented through screening and healthy habits ...

Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach had a colonoscopy in her 30s after a family history of colon cancer. It found polyps that ...

Every day, nearly 60 Americans in their 40s or younger are diagnosed with colorectal cancer — that’s about one person every ...