Having close relatives with colon polyps -- which can be precursors of cancer -- could mean that you have a higher risk for colon cancer, researchers say. Colon cancer is the second deadliest form of ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and we're fighting alongside WFMY News 2’s Julie Luck as she battles her own fight with colon cancer while going through chemotherapy. More than 50,000 Americans ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. It highlights the importance of these screenings, particularly if anything can prevent polyps. In October 2023, at 51, KTIV’s Matt Breen ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: Will you talk about colon polyps? I had polyps removed during a colonoscopy. My doctor recommends another colonoscopy in three years. I have retired, and my insurer has declined to ...

Dear Dr. Gott: Please tell me what causes polyps in the colon. I had 11 removed in 2001, and now I have to have a colon test every year. Every year I have at least two or three more new polyps removed ...

High doses of folic acid do not prevent precancerous colon polyps in people prone to them and may actually increase the risk of developing the growths, a new study finds. It’s the latest evidence that ...

Colon cancer in people under 50 years of age is on the rise. According to a new study published in January by the Journal of American Medical ...

What you want to do is you want to find it when either it is very early in the course and very treatable, or even before it ...