NEW YORK -- Beta-carotene supplements appear to promote the recurrence of potentially pre-cancerous colon polyps in people who smoke and drink regularly. A new study is the latest to raise concerns ...

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 ...

Colorectal cancer is a silent threat most of the time, starting right inside one's colon. The good news is that in its earliest stages, it looks nothing like cancer at all. To the trained surgeon/doc ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) – Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer related deaths in men and women under age 50. According to the ...

For the majority of patients with large or difficult to remove colorectal polyps (growths in the colon), the incidence of cancer is actually lower than previously thought, and using more advanced ...

After the fasting, the uncomfortable cleanse and a drowsy ride home, it's a relief to have your colonoscopy screening behind you. But when the report arrives with the words "colon polyps," some ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m due for my first colonoscopy, and I understand that the physician will be looking for polyps. What are they? Should I be worried if they find some? ANSWER: Good for you for ...

Most colorectal cancer develops from precursors known as polyps, the most common and well researched of which are conventional adenomas. Conventional adenomas often progress to colorectal cancer ...

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and as the years pass, it’s clear that the degree of people under 50 that are being diagnosed with the ...

Colon cancer remains one of the most prevalent yet often undetected forms of cancer, developing silently in the large intestine. According to recent medical data, it ranks as the third most common ...