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

Colorectal cancer is among the most common types of cancer. It arises from abnormal growth of cells in the lining of the ...

A new risk prediction model can help identify people who are likely to develop early-onset colon cancer or small non-ca ...

Colorectal cancer screening means searching for colon and rectal tumors in those without symptoms as well as at-risk patients with no history of colon or rectal polyps or cancer.

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Cases of early onset colorectal cancer, occurring in people between the ages of 20 and 45, have increased in recent decades.

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

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 ...

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Based on those factors, doctors can estimate the risk that a person under 45 will develop colon cancer or polyps that could become cancerous, according to researchers at the Cleveland Clinic.