A study of 6,800 colon cancer patients found those who took Ozempic or Mounjaro were more likely to survive the disease. It may boil down to inflammation.

A real-world analysis of nearly 7000 patients shows GLP-1s are associated with sharply lower death rates at 5 years in ...

GLP-1 RAs are associated with a 62% reduction in 5-year mortality in colon cancer patients, especially those with high obesity. The study's findings remained significant after adjusting for ...

A recent randomized trial on exercise for cancer patients breaks new ground in showing the life-extending powers of a workout ...

A man in his seventies developed fulminant capecitabine toxicity despite normal DPYD screening, revealing a rare variant that standard testing did not detect.

Family genes play a significant role in the development of colon cancer, according to a study recently published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Researchers from Rochester, Minn.-based ...

Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life. Dimery, who lives in ...

A team of researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) has ...

Rates of colon cancer in people under 50 have grown in recent decades. One study found that 82% of young colon cancer patients were misdiagnosed initially. Two women who had colon cancer in their 30s ...

Early signs of colon cancer include rectal bleeding and changes in bowel movements. Young patients can feel embarrassed to talk about early symptoms such as constipation and diarrhea. Normalizing ...