Experts studying colon cancer have found another possible cause for the condition as cases rise among younger patients. It's ...

The gut microbiome—the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract—drives a process vital for protecting the colon against tissue injury, according to the findings ...

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

A bacterial toxin called colibactin, produced by certain strains of E. coli, appears to alter gut DNA in a way that prompts colon cancer, researchers report in the journal Nature. Photo by ...

The gut microbiome-the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract-drives a process vital for protecting the colon against tissue injury, according to the findings ...

Colon cancer is a particularly deadly form of cancer, and the incidence of the disease is rising, especially among younger people. Research has suggested that the composition of the gut microbiome, or ...

An oncologist explains the findings.

Some bacteria can cause mutations associated with colon cancer. Insights about the surface adhesion proteins that enable these bacteria to bind to host cells point to how steps leading to tumour ...

For decades, colon cancer was largely seen as a disease of older adults. Doctors usually began screening after the age of 50. That assumption is slowly changing. Hospitals across the world are ...

Colon cancer is hitting long before the usual screening age. If you could ID who's at risk, you could screen early and save ...

Doctor supports the colon of a person. Concept digestive system. A bacterial toxin could be responsible for increases in colon cancer among younger adults Colibactin-related DNA mutations are more ...