Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men under 50 in the United States, according to new ...

If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research ...

The move could help to save lives by detecting cases earlier, health bosses say.

Meanwhile, mortality from other leading cancers is declining ...

A UVA Health expert explains why colorectal cancer is rising in adults under 50 and how young people can lower their risk.

England’s National Health Service’s faecal immunochemical test (FIT) has reduced referrals for suspected bowel cancer by ...

The FIT test is a non-invasive test that detects hidden blood in poo, which can be an early sign of bowel cancer. After the ...

Once fully rolled out, testing at the lower threshold is expected to reduce late-stage diagnoses and deaths from bowel cancer ...

Thousands of people will be saved from bowel cancer under changes to the national screening programme, health officials have said.

Major change to bowel cancer screening as thousands more to be tested - The NHS aims to detect thousands more bowel cancer cases at an earlier stage ...

NHS England is to lower the detection threshold for a home screening kit to trigger bowel cancer screening from next month in a move it says will lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment for thousands ...