(NEXSTAR) – Colorectal cancer is back in the news after the deaths of actors Catherine O’Hara, 71, and James Van Der Beek, who was just 48 years old. Colorectal cancer, which includes colon and rectal ...

The recent death of Dawson’s Creek actor James Van Der Beek has renewed conversation about colorectal cancer, which has been on the rise among Canadians younger than 50. Mr. Van Der Beek was 48. The ...

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

The actor James Van Der Beek, who died on Wednesday at 48, was among a growing number of adults under 50 diagnosed with the disease. By Nina Agrawal The actor James Van Der Beek died on Wednesday at ...

Prior to James Van Der Beek's death at age 48, the actor revealed the first warning sign of his colon cancer — and it’s one that did not seem alarming at the time. The "Dawson’s Creek" actor's wife, ...

Even though her birth mother died from colorectal cancer in 2018, Brianna Dean kept putting off getting a colonoscopy for years. Dean didn’t think she needed one. She was young. She felt healthy. The ...

DALLAS -- Dr. Bethany Malone has treated a lot of colorectal cancer patients. The youngest, not counting those with genetic conditions, was 19 years old. Colorectal cancer used to be considered a ...

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Cancer-related deaths among U.S. adults under age 50 have decreased for every leading malignancy except colorectal cancer, which is now the most common cause of cancer death, up ...

Jenna Scott remembers the joy of being pregnant with her first and only child. She also remembers the immense abdominal pain. During her pregnancy, she let her doctors know about the persistent ...

Philip Felshman was given only a few years to live. The otherwise healthy New Yorker described the news as a "big shock." He'd been happily working for 33 years as a service manager, enjoying time ...

Joe Faratzis is a former TV producer in California who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at 29. In recent years, the number of young people diagnosed with colorectal cancer has risen sharply.

Claudia Umanita’s stomach pain started slowly in 2024, the kind of dull cramping that could have come from myriad common causes: constipation, her menstrual cycle, a virus. But stomach aches tend to ...