Blood in the stool can sometimes be linked to less serious conditions, but it’s also a classic symptom of colon cancer that experts warn should never be brushed off. In fact, a 2024 study ...

Colon cancer can start anywhere in the colon, which is about 5 feet long and absorbs water from stool. Rectal cancer starts in the rectum, which is the last 12 centimeters (nearly 5 inches ...

Generally, stool should have the following qualities: a smooth appearance a sausage-like shape a soft but firm ... and other bowel changes can indicate colorectal cancer. Anyone with a family ...

Emily King of Mobile, Alabama, was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago at the age of 27. She had experienced some diarrhea, abdominal pain and anemia, but having cancer had never entered ...

Barry Stein initially ignored his symptoms in 1995, until he was eventually diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer. (Photo provided by Stein) Colorectal cancer cancer grows more slowly than some ...

A new blood test was found to detect colon cancer with more than 80% accuracy — and to rule it out for 90% of healthy people. The results were presented at the 2025 American Society of Clinical ...

An analysis from a large healthcare system shows that nearly half of those prescribed multitarget stool DNA (mt-sDNA) tests for colorectal cancer (CRC) do not complete them, underlining the need ...

Radwah Oda was just 30 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer, an illness that seemed ... Oda noticed what she described as “pencil-thin” stools every time she used the bathroom.

While colon cancer has traditionally been associated with older adults, recent data reveals an alarming trend: cases are ...