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

A new study found that at least 70 genetic mutations are involved in the formation of colon cancer, significantly more than was previously thought, according to a news release by UT Southwestern ...

One in 6 patients with colorectal cancer have an inherited cancer-related gene mutation which likely predisposed them to the disease, according to a Mayo Clinic study. About 16 percent of the 361 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Swedish-led research team at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital has shown in a new randomized clinical trial that a low dose of the well-known medicine aspirin halves the risk ...

Dr. Marwan G. Fakih explains that KRAS mutations, found in 45% of patients with colorectal cancer, include the rare KRAS G12C mutation, leading to Lumakras approval. According to the National Cancer ...

As a mother, hearing about rising cancer rates in young people is deeply concerning, but new research offers crucial insight into why colorectal cancer is increasingly affecting younger generations.

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

A new clinical trial tested low-dose aspirin in patients with colon and rectal cancer, also referred to as colorectal cancer. The researchers wanted to see if taking aspirin daily could help prevent ...