Colon cancer diagnosis involves colonoscopy, imaging, and blood tests, with staging guiding treatment decisions. Stage 1 treatment typically involves surgery, while stage 2 may include chemotherapy ...

I was living a normal 29-year-old life. I thought my symptoms were no big deal, until they started happening more ...

When he suddenly struggled to walk up the stairs of his Manhattan home, he never imagined it would be cancer.Start the day ...

Jenna Scott was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer aged 31 despite being fit and healthy. Misdiagnosed symptoms during pregnancy delayed her cancer diagnosis, complicating treatment. She expects ...

Q: My friend was just diagnosed with colon cancer, and they said it's stage IIIB. What does that mean? How do doctors figure out the stage? A: When someone is diagnosed with colon cancer, one of the ...

During Thanksgiving 2013, Emma Dimery, then 23, experienced intense stomach cramps. After a blood test during her annual physical uncovered low hemoglobin levels, she underwent numerous tests and ...

Analysis of 35,213 patients with stage II-III colon cancer revealed that recurrence risk drops below 0.5% at 6 years post-surgery, supporting a practical definition of cure. Women showed a ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- There is a clinical trial going on that hopes to change the way patients with early-stage colorectal cancer are treated. Fox Chase Cancer Center is investigating a method ...

Cancer is still the most common cause of death for men in the US ages 60 to 79 and women ages 40 to 79. For all adults ...

CAMBRIDGE, England, January 20, 2026--biomodal, an omics-based life sciences technology and analytics company, today announced the publication of a study in Nature Communications Medicine showcasing ...