At MSK, your physical, emotional, and mental health is very important. We have follow-up care and support programs for as long as you need us. There have been many improvements in colon cancer ...

Treatment options for colon and rectal cancer include surgery, radiation, and medication approaches such as chemotherapy and targeted therapy. To choose what’s best for you, you and your doctor will ...

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and a Kansas State University graduate student is doing research to identify and improve ...

For the past two decades, the National Cancer Institute has documented a persistent racial disparity in colon cancer survival rates in the United States. African-American patients have consistently ...

Colon cancer is a disease most people don't like to think about, let alone discuss. However, it is the second cause of death in the world when it comes to different forms of cancer. The sad thing is ...

Patients with colon cancer enrolled in the U.S. military's universal health care system experienced improved survival compared with patients in the general population, according to results published ...

Colon health has garnered a lot of attention in recent years, and for good reason. This muscular tube (which is one of the 10 organs most likely to develop cancer) plays an integral part in turning ...

In August, acclaimed actor Chadwick Boseman tragically passed away at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer. Boseman played the role of Black Panther as well as several African American ...

"Colorectal cancer can be cured if caught early through a colonoscopy," said Dr. Charles Cohan of Pocono Medical Center. That was the take-home message given by gastroenterologists Cohan and Yen Chen, ...

A nationwide study of 196 cities shows that housing discrimination from 90 years ago still casts a historical shadow of inequities in colon cancer care today, S.M. Qasim Hussaini, M.D., of the ...