Since a landmark 2009 study, researchers have known that a common gut bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, drives colon tumor formation, potentially leading to colorectal cancer, by secreting a toxin that ...

For more than two decades, colonoscopy has been promoted as the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. Policy makers ...

Dana Kozlov is an Emmy Award-winning political investigative reporter for CBS2 Chicago. Prior to joining the station in 2003, she worked at WGN, CNN Chicago and WEEK-TV in Peoria, where she began her ...

Key cancer link: Researchers found BFT must bind to the claudin-4 receptor before harming colon cells, resolving a long-standing mystery. Potential prevention path: A molecular decoy mimicking claudin ...

Gut health plays an important role in both the development and progression of colon cancer. Diet and a balanced microbiome are important factors in reducing the risk of colon cancer. The health of the ...

A short burst of immunotherapy before surgery is delivering surprisingly powerful results for a specific type of colorectal ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s an important trend doctors want people to know about: colon cancer is being diagnosed more often in younger adults. For decades, colorectal ...

At-home FIT screening involves testing stool for amounts of blood too small to see, which can help to diagnose colon cancer ...

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...