More patients with stage III colon cancer are receiving chemotherapy after surgery, with an associated significant increase in 5-year survival, according to a study in the December…

Men and women with diabetes are at increased risk for developing cancer of the colon and rectum, according to a report from Sweden.

The findings are based on an analysis…

Amgen Inc. and Abgenix Inc. said on Thursday a late-stage study found its experimental drug panitumumab helped slow tumor progression in patients with advanced Colon cancer who had failed multiple other therapies.

In a review of medical records researchers say that African-Americans are more susceptible to Colon cancer at an earlier age than whites.

The new study also suggests they are…

Bowel cancer rates could be reduced by up to 80 per cent in people with a moderate family history of the disease by screening with colonoscopy, according to new research…

Nearly half of primary care patients in the United States who should be screened for colorectal cancer are not, according to a new report appearing in the journal Cancer. Studies…

Although people with HIV in developed countries are living longer, they appear to be less likely than other people to undergo routine recommended screening for Colorectal cancer, according…

People who are poor, uninsured, born outside the U.S. or smokers are less likely to be adequately screened for Colorectal cancer, according to the results of a new…

A study spanning 14 cities across Asia has found the highest incidence of Colorectal cancer among ethnic Chinese, a trend that researchers in Hong Kong on Monday blamed on…

In the US population, there is a wide ethnic and racial disparity in the risk of developing advanced-stage Colorectal cancer and of dying from the disease, researchers report…

Both the meat-laden “Western” diet and the traditional, salty diet of the Japanese apparently increase the risk of Colon cancer - at least for women, new research shows.

People who eat more than 160 grams of red or processed meat a day are 35 percent more likely to develop bowel cancer than those who eat less than…