Colon cancer symptoms in women are similar to those in men, but they can be confused with gynecological issues, like cramping and bloating.

A Springfield woman, diagnosed with colon cancer at 48, is urging everyone to not put off their recommended screenings.

Loyola University Medical Center is one of a handful of centers nationwide conducting a National Cancer Institute-funded research study that offers nutrition counseling and free membership to a weight ...

Allison Solomon said she started noticing changes in her body two years ago. But when she started getting persistent symptoms, she knew something was wrong. “I started just noticing some changes in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A military spouse had a common symptom of colon cancer for years, but doctors dismissed it as pregnancy-related. She eventually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Katie Davis, now 21, started experiencing waves of intense stomach pain when she was 20. Doctors initially suspected a benign ...

At 36, Danielle Ripley-Burgess has already survived colon cancer twice. She was first diagnosed at 17 and then again at 25. A member of the SurvivorNet patient community, a resource for people with ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. For years, Kirsten Scheller was told the same thing by her doctors: she was too young and too active ...

Sarah Basore, an Overland Park resident who is living with Stage 4 colon cancer, began clinical trials in August, which require weekly drives to Nashville. The current regime has stabilized her ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A New Orleans woman says a colonoscopy she scheduled shortly after turning 45 saved her life. Mel Buchanan, a curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art and mother of two, said she ...