colorectal cancer Archives

colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancers on the rise…in young adults

August 2, 2019

Research coming out of the United States and Canada is showing an increase in colorectal cancers among men and women under 50 years old. Rates of these types…

New colorectal screening guidelines

March 11, 2010

Screening for colorectal cancer is still underused, especially by low-income people, the uninsured, Asians and Hispanics, foreign-born people, and those with limited English-language skills according to a new…

Study: Regular colonoscopy screening could prevent 40% of colorectal cancers

September 11, 2013

Regular colonoscopy screening could prevent 40% of colorectal cancers, according to a study in the New England Medical Journal that followed 88,902 participants from two studies over 22…

The genetics of colorectal cancer

February 11, 2011

A 52-year-old patient arrives at the busy family practice office where you work for his follow-up visit. He had not undergone colon cancer screening, despite his age, but…