"Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and ...

With colorectal cancer rates rising among young people, it’s important to know the signs that may mean colon cancer.

Piwi1-positive oocytes are shown in yellow; cell nuclei are in turquoise. Germ cell induction and all stages of gametogenesis can be visualized in these clonal animals. Please provide credit to ...

A female polyp of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, shown here laying eggs, can directly inherit the temperature tolerance of the parent generation through the passing on of certain bacteria.

Who needs to worry about colon cancer, and what tests will we be able to use in the future for early cancer detection?

Most colon cancer starts with an adenomatous colon polyp. Over time, it becomes cancerous. Colonoscopy can detect this polyp ...

A new study shows that stress can affect colorectal cancer progression by altering gut balance. It comes in the wake of ...

Colorectal or colon cancer is the third-most common cancer, and each year around 50,000 men and women die from the disease ... any precancerous growths called polyps. These can turn into colon ...

Large polyps and colon cancers sporadically ooze small amounts ... More about Gina Kolata Death rates are declining among U.S. women with breast cancer. But the disease is turning up more often ...