Heaven’s Beverley Mitchell reflected on a life-changing experience when doctors found the “biggest precancerous polyp” on her ...

Former 7th Heaven child star Beverley Mitchell is looking back on her cancer scare from her early 30s. “Yesterday, I got a ...

Colorectal cancer is highly preventable, and early detection saves lives. Colon Cancer Awareness Month is an ideal time for ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m due for my first colonoscopy, and I understand that the physician will be looking for polyps. What are they? Should I be worried if they find some? ANSWER: Good for you for ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and if there’s one message I want every neighbor, friend, and family member to hear, ...

Colonoscopy may be inconvenient and require planning, but the consequence and therapy for cancer is far more burdensome.

Colorectal cancer, or colon cancer, is the third most common cancer diagnosed and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Most colorectal cancers begin as a ...

Sept. 24 -- TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Black people undergoing colon cancer screening are more likely to have large precancerous polyps than are whites. Black men had a 16 percent increased ...

On Tuesday Health, in partnership with the Kentucky Cancer Program, held the first of six Colon Cancer Awareness Events scheduled for across the region at Owensboro Health Regional ...

A young pregnant patient assumed abdominal pain and rectal bleeding was from her pregnancy. She was diagnosed with Stage IV ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month—a time when physicians around the world repeat a simple but lifesaving message: Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers we know, if we look for it ...

The drug is sometimes prescribed to certain at-risk people—but what does the science say?