Colorectal cancer screening programs that rely on fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) are less able to detect proximal, or right-sided, colon cancers in comparison to distal, or left-sided, colon ...

VIENNA — The effectiveness of computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) in differentiating neoplastic from non-neoplastic polyps depends on the region of the colon examined, according to a systematic review and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The analysis included 40,545 patients with colorectal cancer (mean age at diagnosis, 71.9 years; 52.9% men) from ...

The colon is often thought of as one organ, but the right and left parts of the colon have different molecular features in cancers. New research in mice from investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rectal location and timing of CRC diagnosis after colonoscopy appeared to have minimal effect on mortality rates ...

Subgroup analyses results of the PETACC8 phase III trial comparing adjuvant FOLFOX4 with or without cetuximab (CTX) in resected stage III colon cancer (CC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

Taking antibiotic drugs may raise the risk of developing colon cancer five to 10 years down the line, according to a new study of more than 40,000 cancer cases in Sweden. "It's very clear, when we ...

Medically reviewed by Oliver Eng, MD Key Takeaways Adenomatous polyps are the most common type of polyps in the colon and are ...

Scientists found that long-term yogurt consumption may lower the risk of a specific type of colorectal cancer - but only when tumors contain Bifidobacterium. Could yogurt’s impact on gut bacteria be ...

Could there be a run on Yoplait and Chobani following a new health study about yogurt? Mass General Brigham researchers have found that eating yogurt over time can help protect against colorectal ...