Colorectal cancer is the deadliest cancer in people under 50 and the second deadliest overall in the United States.

Rectal cancer is rising faster among young adults in the United States than any other segment of colorectal disease, and the ...

As colorectal cancer rates rise in patients under 50, at least two local health systems are hiring more doctors, realigning care and increasing education.

For decades, colon cancer was largely seen as a disease of older adults. Doctors usually began screening after the age of 50. That assumption is slowly changing. Hospitals across the world are ...

A woman in her 40s was diagnosed with stage 3b colorectal cancer seven months after giving birth. She initially mistook the ...

March is national colorectal awareness month and one doctor who ignored his own symptoms is urging you not to do the same.

A colorectal cancer diagnosis in people under the age of 50 can come as a shock. Even more surprising is that rates of colorectal cancer are rising among younger individuals.

Larissa Banitt is a registered nurse who combines her English and Nursing degrees in writing health content. She has worked on the floor on a medical-surgical unit and currently works providing care ...

This article appears in print in the April 2020 issue as part of the Top Doctors cover story. Click here to subscribe. These physicians treat diseases of the intestinal tract, colon and rectum. Oliver ...

Shannon Ivey was 42 and a single mom when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer. She reveals the symptoms she mistook ...

These physicians treat diseases of the intestinal tract, colon and rectum. Laila Rashidi, M.D.: anorectal disorders, minimally invasive surgery; MultiCare colon and rectal surgery, Allenmore Medical ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. A new blood test offers an easier screening option for Tennesseans.