Cancer affects every corner of communities across the nation and takes the lives of thousands of Americans annually. In Maryland alone, more than 33,000 residents are diagnosed with cancer each year, ...

You should be able to resume normal exercise 24 hours after a colonoscopy. Sedation during the procedure affects your body, so avoid working out until you've fully recovered. Always consult your ...

Rectal bleeding could be a powerful early warning sign of colon cancer among younger adults, University of Louisville researchers said in a new study.

Kayla Sheehan, MD, listened carefully as her patient, a woman in her 30s with no symptoms or family history of pancreatic cancer, asked about getting screened for the disease. As a primary and ...

Adding an esophagogastroduodenoscopy to a screening or surveillance colonoscopy detected upper-GI cancers and preneoplastic lesions at clinically meaningful rates.

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Oct. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Rectal bleeding could be a powerful early warning sign of colon cancer among younger adults, a new study says.

The company recently reported that the four-protein test with algorithm-based analysis performed with 83.5 percent sensitivity and 90.3 percent specificity.

Colorectal cancer is projected to cause 1.6 million deaths and 3.2 million new cases annually by 2040, according to the World Health Organization. This is a staggering escalation of 73% from today’s ...

Stool-based DNA testing can help bridge CRC screening gaps between rural and urban populations by providing timely follow-up. A study finds rural and nonrural patients have similar follow-up times ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Richmond University Medical Center has received a $25,000 grant to expand colon cancer screening among low-income and uninsured residents on Staten Island.

When my daughter was 5 years old, we received a diagnosis that no parent is ever ready for. That was the first time the “C” word — cancer — changed my life forever. It was an aggressive form of brain ...

Anatomic Pathologist Professor Patrick Kafui Akakpo has stressed the importance of cancer prevention through screening, citing cervical, breast, prostate and colon cancers as examples where early ...