This important procedure doesn’t have to feel awkward or embarrassing. Here’s what to know to make the test and the ...

Even though her birth mother died from colorectal cancer in 2018, Brianna Dean kept putting off getting a colonoscopy for years. Dean didn’t think she needed one. She was young. She felt healthy. The ...

About 50 million Americans aren’t getting screened for colon cancer at a time when colon-cancer rates are rising.

More than 100,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year, according to estimations by the American Cancer Society (ACS). Medical professionals generally agree that getting a ...

The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly killing younger people. Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 ...

A physician assistant with no symptoms and a clear colonoscopy was three years from her next screening. A blood test found ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University. Colon cancer is often preventable with timely screening. One way to ...

The American Cancer Society’s newest recommendations include blood tests, in addition to stool tests and colonoscopy.