Anal cancer is a rare type of cancer that affects the anus (the opening through which stool leaves the body) or nearby areas, from the skin just outside the anus to the canal that connects the anus to ...

Researchers at the University of Kentucky analyzed different factors that could explain the high mortality rates of ...

These are the symptoms of colorectal cancer. Learn about its causes, risks, and the importance of early detection.

Colorectal cancer is a serious but preventable disease if detected early. Advances in diagnostics, such as biomarker analysis ...

Bekah Kooy, 38, was convinced she had food poisoning when she felt nauseated and experienced stomach pain following lunch one ...

The first method is visual inspection of the colon. The gold standard of these tests is the colonoscopy. This procedure involves a gastroenterologist passing a long tube through the patient’s ...

What Is Invasive Lobular Carcinoma? Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is a type of breast cancer. It begins in lobules — the cells of the mammary glands that make milk — and spreads to other ...

THIS study is based on 242 patients who were operated on between 1930 and 1950 for carcinoma of the right colon. This group includes patients with carcinoma of the cecum, the ascending colon and ...

Source: Getty Images At an early stage, basal cell carcinoma is small and confined, and usually can be cured. When the cancer gets larger and grows deeper in the skin or spreads to other organs ...