March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month — the perfect time to talk about the importance of screening for colon cancer via colonoscopies. When you're ready to make an appointment, did you know there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the fasting, the uncomfortable cleanse and a drowsy ride home, it’s a relief to have your colonoscopy screening behind you.

Doctors say there are less invasive screening options for colon cancer, but each comes with tradeoffs.

You already know how important it is to get screened for colorectal cancer starting at age 45, and the recent tragic passing of beloved actors Catherine O’Hara, 71, and James Van Der Beek, 48, from ...

The gold standard for colorectal cancer screening is a colonoscopy. That’s because during the procedure, precancerous polyps can be removed if discovered, or cancer can be diagnosed if found. However, ...

March is colorectal cancer awareness month and doctors are urging people to talk with their physicians about screening as ...

CHICAGO — Colon cancer is highly treatable and often curable. But while early screening is the best way to catch the disease, studies indicate that 17% to 28% of colorectal polyps—the precancerous ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study adds to evidence that people who get screened for colon cancer are less likely to end up dying of the disease. But it matters what doctor performs the test, ...

A Kaiser Permanente gastroenterologist is urging people to get screened earlier for colorectal cancer, as doctors continue to ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time to talk openly about a disease that affects many families but is often ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In 2018, at age 86, I had a colonoscopy where some benign polyps were found. I was recommended to come back in three years for another colonoscopy, but in 2021, procedures were not ...

Some Iowa doctors are expressing concerns over a land mark study that questions the effectiveness of colonoscopies. The study — the largest of its kind — was recently published in The New England ...