Deaths from rectal cancer are rising rapidly among younger adults, an alarming trend that is confounding scientists trying to understand why millennials are so hard-hit. Subscribe to read this story ...

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, we surround you with experts who focus completely on cancer, day in and day out. A handful of people form the core of your care team. You have an oncologist who ...

Near dawn every morning, a nurse walks into the hospital room, wakes the patient and subjects him to what for many remains a humiliating procedure, although it has become routine: insertion of a ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Munson Medical Center’s Cowell Family Cancer Center has achieved accreditation through the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer, a distinction awarded by the American ...

After decades of decline, rectal cancer is rising in all adult age groups, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. What's extra notable is how it's impacting rates in younger ...

When doctors talk about the “stage” of your disease, that’s based on how far it has spread through the walls of the colon or rectum and whether it’s now in other parts of the body, too. Your doctor ...

Catherine O'Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, but her death certificate also revealed she was diagnosed with rectal cancer. O'Hara's death certificate was obtained by USA TODAY on Feb. 9. TMZ was ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A new pneumatic tube system at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk is reshaping how medical specimens and clinical documents travel throughout the facility, cutting transport times from ...

A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a way to check for signs of prostate cancer. For this exam a physician inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to: Feel your prostate gland Assess the ...

Non-operative management achieved 95% distant relapse-free survival at 30 months in patients with stage II-III rectal cancer showing a clinical complete response to total neoadjuvant therapy, while ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with rectal bleeding were 8.5 times likelier to have early-onset colorectal cancer, data show. Most ...