DALLAS (KFSN) -- Colon cancer kills 50,000 Americans each year. It's preventable, but many Americans fear colonoscopies. What if all it took was a simple blood test to determine the potential for ...

Recent Weizmann Institute studies are revealing a complex picture of cancer progression in which certain genes that drive tumor growth in the earlier stages get suppressed in later stages - taking a ...

A new study led by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) shows that regular exercise may do more than help colon cancer patients feel better—it may actually change ...

Colorectal cancer, a type of cancer that affects the colon or rectum, is the second leading cause of cancer-related death and ...

Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a mutation in a common oncogene — a gene that can cause cancer — that may play an important role in colon cancer. Researchers also showed how this ...

Genes get passed down from parents, determining traits such as eye color and height as well as risk for certain diseases. And while cancer-linked genes such as BRCA1 and TP53 are relatively familiar, ...

Colorectal cancer is often linked to lifestyle, but inherited gene mutations can also raise risk. Hereditary conditions like Lynch syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) can lead to ...

Genetic variants in the vitamin D pathway might contribute to an increased susceptibility to colorectal cancer in black Americans. Although more data are needed, it appears that differences in the DNA ...

Mike Francisco was an athletic 35-year-old Phoenix medical professional when he was diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer.

It took three years, four emergency-room visits and multiple misdiagnoses before Reuben Cheatem was diagnosed with stage III colorectal cancer. The painter was living in Mexico just before the ...