Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the...

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a hereditary predisposition to colon cancer. HNPCC includes (and was once synonymous with) Lynch syndrome...

colorectal adenoma is a benign glandular tumor of the colon and the rectum. It is a precursor lesion of the colorectal adenocarcinoma (colon cancer)...

or rectum. Untreated colorectal polyps can develop into colorectal cancer. Colorectal polyps are often classified by their behaviour (i.e. benign vs. malignant)...

to enable the opportunity for biopsy or the removal of suspected colorectal cancer lesions. Colonoscopy is similar in principle to sigmoidoscopy, with...

types of cancer in males are lung cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and stomach cancer. In females, the most common types are breast cancer, colorectal...

cetuximab (Erbitux) therapy in colorectal cancer. As of 2008, the most reliable way to predict whether a colorectal cancer patient will respond to one of...

as Crohn's disease cancer of the colon and rectum (colorectal cancer) repositioning of the rectal area if fallen out anal cancer any injuries to the...

to determine the best method of treatment. The systems for staging colorectal cancers depend on the extent of local invasion, the degree of lymph node involvement...

Cancer of the duodenum is relatively rare compared to stomach cancer and colorectal cancer. Its histology is usually adenocarcinoma. Familial adenomatous...

cancer. Heme iron in red meat has been associated with increased colorectal cancer risk. The American Institute for Cancer Research and World Cancer Research...

person gets such a cancer, it is often associated with hereditary syndromes like Peutz-Jegher's, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, or familial adenomatous...

The histopathology of colorectal cancer of the adenocarcinoma type involves analysis of tissue taken from a biopsy or surgery. A pathology report contains...

Colorectal Cancer Alliance, Fight Colorectal Cancer, the Colon Cancer Coalition, and other organizations and survivor networks. National Colon Cancer...

promoter methylation and field defect in sporadic colorectal cancer". Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 97 (18): 1330–8. doi:10.1093/jnci/dji275...

ulcers or a malignancy (such as colorectal cancer or gastric cancer). The test does not directly detect colon cancer but is often used in clinical screening...

detection of early stage cancers. The company's initial focus was on the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer; in 2014 it launched Cologuard...

second-line metastatic colorectal cancer. It was approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in January 2005, for use in colorectal cancer. Bevacizumab has...

"MGMT promoter methylation and field defect in sporadic colorectal cancer". J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 97 (18): 1330–8. doi:10.1093/jnci/dji275. PMID 16174854...

mammography (to screen for breast cancer), colorectal cancer screening, a Pap test (to check for cervical cancer), and screening for osteoporosis. Genetic...

Colorectal Cancer. On March 16, 2026, King was a speaker at congressional office Rayburn House Office Building in Capitol Hill with Fight Colorectal Cancer...

sinonasal cancer, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, cancers of the gallbladder, the adrenal gland, the small intestine, and various childhood cancers. Seven...

importance of early screening for colorectal cancer, which highlighted that colorectal cancer is a preventable and curable cancer through screening. The campaign...

not recommended in the colorectal cancer screening guidelines. The DRE is inadequate as a screening tool for colorectal cancer because it examines less...

autophagy which helps protect against the formation of tumor cells. Colorectal cancer incidence is associated with a high-fat diet, and such a diet is linked...

SSLs are thought to lead to colorectal cancer through the (alternate) serrated pathway. This differs from most colorectal cancer, which arises from mutations...

getting colorectal cancer. However, the cancers they did have were more likely to have spread to lymph nodes or distant sites than colorectal cancer in women...

never pose harm to an individual. Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colorectal cancer are examples of cancer types that are prone to overdiagnosis. The...

reduced mortality from colorectal cancer for both total colorectal cancer mortality (27% reduction) and rectosigmoidal cancer mortality (37%), but this...

people with colorectal or gastrointestinal cancer suggest that soy isoflavones may have a slight protective effect against such cancers. A 2016 review...