Colorectal cancer is often spoken of as a single disease, but it actually refers to two related cancers: colon cancer and rectal cancer. The latter was recently revealed as the reason we lost the ...

Chronic inflammation may be quietly reshaping the colon and making it more vulnerable to early-onset colorectal cancer. Scientists found that colon tissue in younger patients was stiffer, even in ...

A UT Dallas and UT Southwestern study found tumors in younger patients develop in scar-like colon tissue - changes that may occur before cancer forms. Last month, actor James Van Der Beek died of ...