Cancer remains a leading health challenge in the U.S., but lifestyle choices — especially diet — can play a role in lowering the risk.

The gut microbiome at time of surgery may significantly impact recurrence of colorectal cancer.An analysis of nearly 300 ...

Last month, actor James Van Der Beek died of colon cancer at age 48. The Dawson’s Creek star was among a growing number of younger adults who’ve been diagnosed with the disease — a trend that has ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. According to the CDC, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer for both men and women here in the US.

A session at United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week 2025 shined a spotlight on the emerging role of the gut microbiome in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. From the stomach to the colon, manipulating ...

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths among individuals aged younger than 50 years, and incidence ...

"Our study is a first step toward using the gut microbiome as a tool to develop prognoses and to manipulate cancer, not just in dogs, but potentially as a model for human treatments as well," says ...

Twenty-seven species of bacteria and fungi among the hundreds that live in people’s mouths have been collectively tied to a 3.5 times greater risk of developing pancreatic cancer, the results of a ...

California researchers have identified a possible link between toxin in the gut and increase in cancer cases in people under ...