ANSWER: A colonoscopy is both a screening tool for cancer and a way to prevent cancer by removing polyps before they can get ...

Remember the screening age for colon cancer is 45, unless you have other risk factors - for anyone younger than that, pay ...

March is honored as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, promoting education efforts for one of the most common cancers in the ...

Though we know tests can save lives by preventing colon cancer, a high percentage of us would rather do anything else than ...

The following information was submitted by Intermountain Health.Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer and the ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed a new tool to predict the risk of colorectal cancer and advanced precancerous ...

The benefits to an at-home colorectal cancer screening are obvious: skipping the bowel prep, sedation and time off work that ...

The age range for screening lowered in recent years to include younger individuals as the incidence rate of colon cancer has shifted. Dr. Stephen Amann, a gastroenterologist at Digestive Health ...

Colon cancer is the second deadliest cancer in the United States, but screening can help detect and prevent it.

Emily Alinger was 25 years old when she went in for a routine colonoscopy that may have saved her life. Alinger was told she had a precancerous polyp, an abnormal growth on the lining of the colon ...

A single polyp found during a flexible sigmoidoscopy exam will usually lead to follow-up colonoscopy to look for other polyps. Then, once the colon is "clean" of polyps, experts recommend repeat ...