Cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli, are linked to lower colon cancer risk. Image credit: Anna Tabakova/Stocksy As of 2022, there were more than 1.9 million new cases of colorectal cancer globally, ...

Healthy food doesn't always equate to being healthy for your body. In fact, certain foods that are traditionally seen as healthy have links to colon cancer.

Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women in the US. This quiz from ...

Colon cancer is on the rise, but many risk factors for it are modifiable, including diet. A new study connects foods rich in beta-carotene with a 40% lower risk of colorectal cancer. These foods ...

ctDNA testing post-surgery identifies high-risk stage 3 colon cancer patients more accurately than traditional staging methods. Detectable ctDNA correlates with a four- to six-fold increased risk of ...

Women under 50 who eat many ultra-processed foods face up to a 45% higher risk of precancerous colon growths. The Mass General Brigham study linked heavy consumption of these foods to early-onset ...

Q: My father died of colon cancer back in 1999. His brother and sister both died of colon cancer too, so this is a big concern in our family. After my father died, I read up on things that might ...

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world. Colon cancer diagnoses under the age of 50 are on the rise for a number of reasons, including eating a diet high in processed foods.