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 ...

That breakthrough led to SHIELD, the first FDA-approved blood test for colon cancer, cleared in 2024. The test is ...

One large study found that more advanced cases of colorectal cancer had a higher likelihood of returning. For example, if participants had stage 3 colon cancer, almost 25 percent experienced a ...

Margaret Kelly has been donating blood regularly since her youth. “I started donating blood back when I was in my 20s. I really saw a lot of people suffering and sick, and back then there was a blood ...

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 ...

Colon cancer recurrence risk falls below 0.5% at 6 years post-surgery, offering a practical benchmark for defining cure, according to new research.

* Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in males * Oral cavity bacteria are responsible for the progression of colon cancer * Adopting a healthy diet and habits may help lower your colorectal ...

"Understanding the rates of false-positives and false-negatives in lymph node assessment allows for better-informed surgical decision-making. This contributes to determining the extent of LN ...

Meagan Meadows, a 24-year-old teacher, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. But almost brushed off her sole symptom: ...

The concept of a cure in oncology, particularly for stage II and III colon cancer (CC), has historically suffered from ...

“I've gotten to the point where I tell people the truth about how I'm feeling," Jenna Scott, 39, tells PEOPLE Michael Humphrey Photography Doctors diagnosed Georgia mother Jenna Scott with stage 4 ...