WILMINGTON, DE — Colorectal cancer, long thought to begin when cells start growing out of control, may instead take root when ...

Researchers have discovered an unusual case where two well-known cancer-related mutations—APC and KRAS—coexisted in a woman with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and a history of endometrial ...

Researchers have discovered an unusual case where two well-known cancer-related mutations-APC and KRAS-coexisted in a woman with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and a history of endometrial ...

The order of cancer-driving mutations—genetic changes—plays an important role in whether tumors in the intestine can develop, new research reveals. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of ...

BOSTON -- A new screening test can find colon cancer in its early, curable stage by detecting extremely small traces of cancer genes in patients' stool. The experimental test, still several years away ...

Researchers from Japan report that they have characterized gene mutations in colorectal cancer (CRC) tumors with high tumor mutation burden that lack mutations in the major oncogenes. Their findings ...

For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients. Research from Radboud University Medical Center and University Hospital Bonn (UKB ...

Colorectal cancer, long associated with aging, is rising alarmingly in younger adults, especially those born in the 1980s. Investigators are looking past family history and lifestyle to mutational ...