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ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – March is recognized as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancer is one of the deadliest ...

Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers when caught early, yet it remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Screening is essential because it detects the ...

With March being colon cancer awareness month, it’s a good time to look at some startling numbers on the disease here in the ...

While rates for colorectal cancer are on the decline for older generations, they've spiked among people under the age of 50.

The rate of new or missed left-sided colorectal cancers quadrupled with flexible sigmoidoscopy compared with colonoscopy in a retrospective analysis of 25,541 cases, according to research presented at ...

Mel Buchanan didn’t expect anything unusual when she scheduled her first colonoscopy last year. She had no symptoms and was leading a busy life as a wife and mom of ...

Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer‑related deaths in men and the fourth leading cause in women, according to ...

Cologuard and other at-home tests are not intended for and have not been tested in people with Lynch syndrome. Furthermore, ...

Capsule endoscopy for exploring the colon in a minimally invasive manner diagnoses 64% of all lesions located by means of conventional colonoscopy. According to a study published in The New England ...

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., ...

A routine colonoscopy led to an unexpected colon cancer diagnosis for Trudy Carey, but early detection and robotic-assisted ...