Colorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer, is a cancer formed by uncontrolled cell growth in the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine), or in the appendix. Genetic analysis shows that ...

Colon cancer usually doesn’t cause symptoms in the early stages. As the disease progresses, you may experience abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, and changes in the size and shape of your stool.

Anne K. Mongiu, a colon and rectal surgeon in New Haven, Connecticut, told Newsweek. "It includes multiple types of foods that we know can increase cancer risk such as red meat and processed foods.

Cervical polyps are growths on the cervical canal, the passage that connects the uterus to the vagina. They’re often reddish, purplish, or grayish in color. They may be shaped like a finger ...

A sessile polyp is a flat, abnormal growth of tissue on the lining of the large intestine, including the largest part called the colon. Most sessile polyps are benign (non-cancerous) and unlikely to ...

The polyps that form the giant coral came from larvae that settled on the seafloor then multiplied over the centuries. An aerial view of the world’s largest coral colony in the Solomon Islands.

Advanced bowel cancer is cancer that started in either the back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon) and has spread to another part of the body. It is also called metastatic cancer. The symptoms of ...