For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

In about 5–10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a mutation in a common oncogene — a gene that can cause cancer — that may play an important role in colon cancer. Researchers also showed how this ...

Researchers from Fujita Health University, Japan, uncover specific gene mutations and mechanisms that may contribute to the development of colorectal tumors that lack mutations in key oncogene drivers ...

In a new study, low-dose daily aspirin roughly halved the risk of cancer coming back for patients whose tumors had a specific genetic mutation. Daily low-dose aspirin halves the risk of colorectal ...

Taking aspirin on a daily basis protects against the recurrence of colon cancer, a new study found. People who took aspirin every day for three years had a 55% reduced risk of colorectal cancer tumors ...

A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how ...

Some early-onset colorectal cancers may be caused by exposure to a bacterial toxin within the first 10 years of life, according to a study published April 23 in Nature. An international research team, ...

Doctors are seeing colon cancer in people in their 20s and 30s. New research suggests it starts in infancy.