As scientists question the rise in early colon cancer cases, a new study is offering some potential answers. Colored scanning ...

Bowel cancer is typically considered ... added: "Change of stool calibre. So it was like this and now it's pencil thin stools." "Number four: unexplained iron deficiency," continued Dr Kevin ...

Colon cancer doesn't just happen to ... defecating can also be a concerning sign. And stools changing caliber—going from normal to pencil thin—can indicate a blockage in the colon.

Margaret never imagined that her desire to help others would one day become the very act that saved her own life.

The otherwise healthy 34-year-old dealt with the issue for more than a year and a half before her life came to a screeching halt with a gut-wrenching diagnosis: stage 4 colorectal cancer.

Cologuard is a colon cancer screening test you can do at home. It’s a noninvasive, stool-based test that comes in a kit. You use the kit to collect a stool sample. Then you send the sample to a lab ...

A variety of stool tests ... The gold standard for colorectal cancer screening is the colonoscopy. This procedure involves inserting a thin, flexible tube with a light and camera up the rectum ...

A brief research report compared screening costs per early-detected colorectal cancer (CRC) case among fecal immunochemical ...

They evaluated outcomes of a systematic outreach program that started in 2007, reminding patients who were overdue for colon cancer screening and sending them convenient at-home stool tests.