People with first-degree relatives who were repeatedly diagnosed with colorectal polyps appeared at increased risk for ...

The NHS doesn’t offer bowel screening until we’re 50. Yet with cancer rates rising, it may be worth forking out for a private ...

Colon cancer remains one of the most prevalent yet often undetected forms of cancer, developing silently in the large ...

The risk for colorectal cancer was associated with the frequency of colorectal polyp diagnoses in relatives in a study based ...

Finding and removing colon polyps may help prevent colon cancer. In addition, colon cancer screening may help find cancer early, making a cure more likely. Your gastroenterologist will ...

silkwayrain/Getty Images New research suggests that biological age — a measure of the body’s physiological state — could predict who is at higher risk for developing colon polyps ...

One way to be screened is through a procedure called colonoscopy, where a physician examines your colon with a camera to look for precancerous polyps. Unfortunately, some physicians are not as ...

Family history.Certain genetic conditions can run in families that can increase the risk of developing polyps and colon cancer. So if you have a parent, brother, sister, or child who has had ...