FIT checks for blood in the stool, which can indicate the presence of colorectal cancer or polyps. Patients collect stool ...

New data indicate that nonoperative surveillance after removing a malignant colorectal polyp can achieve high rates of rectal ...

Former England cricketer Hugh Morris died at 62 after a long battle with bowel cancer. The disease develops slowly, often ...

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 ...

According to the MD Anderson Cancer Centre, bowel cancer, known as colon or colorectal cancer, may not show any symptoms in ...

Undergoing cancer treatment at a younger age can put the survivors at risk of developing numerous gastrointestinal polyps, even if they do not have hereditary susceptibility to polyposis. The acquired ...

SALT LAKE CITY— Inheriting a mutation in the APC gene leads to a nearly 100% lifetime risk of colorectal cancer. While colon cancer can be kept at bay by removing the large intestine, these patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The frequency of polyp diagnoses in close relatives was strongly associated with colorectal cancer risk. Polyp ...

Terry Crews isn't afraid to go deep with a role. The actor underwent an actual colonoscopy while reprising his character from 2006's '"Idiocracy" in a new campaign for "Lead From Behind", which aims ...