A new study at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston suggests PET/CT may hold promise for detecting colonic pathology, according to a report on the study by HealthImaging.com.

Ozempic and Wegovy might help people avoid colon cancer as well as promote weight loss or control diabetes, a new study says.

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 ...

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...

Learn how stool appearance can signal colon cancer. Recognize signs like ribbon-like and pebble-shaped stools, and understand when to seek medical advice.

Bekah Kooy was convinced she had food poisoning when she felt nauseated and experienced stomach pain following lunch one day in February 2023. By the next day, the pain had moved to the right side of ...

Hemorrhoids are swollen veins in and around the anus while colon cancer is a type of cancer that affects the large intestine. Both can cause rectal bleeding, but have other symptoms, and different ...

Exercise may significantly reduce the risk of colon cancer returning in patients after treatment, a new study has found. The late-phase trial, published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine ...

Rates of colon cancer in people under 50 have grown in recent decades. One study found that 82% of young colon cancer patients were misdiagnosed initially. Two women who had colon cancer in their 30s ...

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 ...