NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — Colon cancer is the third most common form of cancer in the United States. More than 100,000 people will be diagnosed with it each year. A growing number of them are under 50 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In 2018, at age 86, I had a colonoscopy where some benign polyps were found. I was recommended to come back in three years for another colonoscopy, but in 2021, procedures were not ...

Since colorectal cancer is on the rise in people younger than age 50, national guidelines have recently pushed the starting age for colorectal cancer screening down to 45. We need to spread the word.

Adrienna Jirik, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic, where she has been providing care since 2016. She completed advanced fellowships in hepatology/transplant and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — Colon cancer is the ...