Researchers have found a possible reason as to why rates of colorectal cancer cases have spiked among patients under 50.

According to data compiled by the American Cancer Society, the incidence of colon cancer in elderly patients has fallen thanks to increasingly frequent clinical examinations, but has risen in young ...

Scientists predict the disease will be the leading cause of cancer death among people under 50 by 2030. Colon cancer has a high survival rate when caught early, but young people typically aren't ...

Studying the microbiome of colon cancer patients, the researchers saw that bacteria, fungi and viruses in patients' tumors ...