If we want to prevent this disease or find it early, we have to be willing to talk about it directly. In the hospital, I ...

A small number of Canadian cancer patients are testing a pill that contains healthy bacteria from human poop to see if it can extend their lives. They’re taking the plunge. A small number of Canadian ...

Specialist identifies the five key bowel cancer signs you should never ignore - Knowing the symptoms is important to help ...

One person’s waste could be another’s shot at fighting cancer. The idea may sound far-fetched, but it is gaining momentum in cancer care. Researchers are testing fecal microbiota transplants as a way ...

When David Thau, a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., was 34, he periodically experienced pain in his stomach, irregular bowel movements, blood in his stool and vomiting, and he visited doctors ...

A woman in her 40s was diagnosed with stage 3b colorectal cancer seven months after giving birth. She initially mistook the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study conducted by UCLA researchers indicates sending unsolicited stool test kits to people aged 45-49 is the most effective way ...

Detection of a bowel cancer marker (CDH1) in wastewater may offer a new community-level early warning system for the disease, ...

Of the 9989 participants who could be evaluated, 65 (0.7%) had colorectal cancer and 757 (7.6%) had advanced precancerous lesions (advanced adenomas or sessile serrated polyps measuring ≥1 cm in the ...

October 9, 2008 — Stool DNA testing is a new approach to screening for colorectal cancer, but it is an evolving technology. A study has found that the first-generation stool DNA test (SDT-1) is not ...

They’re taking the plunge. A small number of Canadian cancer patients are testing a pill that contains healthy bacteria from human poop to see if it can extend their lives. “Pancreatic cancer has a ...