Biomarker testing is changing how colorectal cancer is treated, giving patients more personalized and effective care. By ...

For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

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 ...

Why do some tumors spread while others remain localized? The mechanisms governing the metastatic potential of tumor cells ...

The order of cancer-driving mutations—genetic changes—plays an important role in whether tumors in the intestine can develop, new research reveals. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

UNIGE scientists developed an algorithm able to anticipate the risk of cancer metastasis and recurrence. Group of human colon ...

In a new study, low-dose daily aspirin roughly halved the risk of cancer coming back for patients whose tumors had a specific genetic mutation. Daily low-dose aspirin halves the risk of colorectal ...

Lynne Fisher has Lynch Syndrome, which raises her risk of colon cancer. March 12, 2013— -- What would you do to reduce the chance of dying of cancer? How far would you go if you had a 70 to 90 ...

Some early-onset colorectal cancers may be caused by exposure to a bacterial toxin within the first 10 years of life, according to a study published April 23 in Nature. An international research team, ...