The prevalence of colon cancer in the United States is significant. In 2025, an estimated 154,270 new cases of colon cancer ...

Ditch tobacco and limit alcohol. Smoking is strongly associated with colon cancer, says Lenz, so quitting tobacco is vital to ...

One study involving more than 1 million people with colon cancer from 2004 to 2015 found that 51.6% of those under 50 were diagnosed with stage three or four cancer, while 40% of people over 50 ...

Colon cancer remains a major global health concern, ranking third among the most diagnosed cancers and leading causes of ...

While the drug may not be strong enough to treat colon cancer on its own, researchers believe it could enhance more aggressive therapies when used in combination.

Colon cancer is rising in people under 50, and poor gut health could be part of the problem. Dr. Neelendu Dey studies whether gut microbes can be harnessed to prevent and treat colon cancer.

Loomans-Kropp is especially excited about the drug's potential in treating a common type of colon cancer caused by a mutated KRAS gene, which tends to be very tough to treat.

Types of Surgery to Treat Colon Cancer There is a range of surgeries for colon cancer — from removing a single small polyp to taking out a large section of the colon. At Fred Hutch Cancer Center, our ...

The world’s largest meeting on cancer research has brought promising updates on treatment and prevention for colorectal cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancers that has been rising in ...

Lifestyle changes can improve the gut microbiome, which could lower the risk of colon cancer. As well as eating healthily, the GI surgeon James Kinross takes vitamin D to try to prevent the disease.

The treatment she received uses “CRISPR gene editing” to create an individualized treatment for Stage 4 colorectal cancer patients, as Dr. Emil Lou, the principal investigator of the clinical ...