Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life. Dimery, who lives in ...

Shambi Broome had subtle abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with colon cancer once she turned 45 and became eligible for a ...

The ATOMIC Trial shows how adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy may reduce recurrence risk and improve outcomes in stage III ...

Nathan Tyahur credits his faith, family and the Cleveland Clinic medical team for his recovery from Stage 4 colon cancer.

Colorectal cancer is projected to impact more than 158,000 Americans in 2026. Learn about an immunotherapy-based treatment ...

A 49-year-old mom thought her symptoms were a UTI. It was stage 4 colorectal cancer that had spread to her liver. A new ...

During Thanksgiving 2013, Emma Weston, then 23, experienced intense stomach cramps. After a blood test during her annual physical uncovered low hemoglobin levels, she underwent numerous tests and ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

When David Lyon saw blood in his stool, he didn't think much of it. He was a fit 26-year-old who worked in a sheet metal shop. The spots were inconsistent, and he thought he might have just sustained ...

A veteran diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer was turned away by the Department of Veterans Affairs after being told he makes ...