The rate of young people dying from cancer is dropping across the United States, but death rates from one type of cancer have gone up.

The researchers examined the five leading causes of cancer death among the under-50 age group. They found that overall, from ...

Colorectal cancer has since jumped up from being the fifth-leading cancer death in the early 1990s.

“We must double down on research to pinpoint what is driving this tsunami of cancer in generations born since 1950," the ...

Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men under 50 in the United States, according to new ...

A new report found that colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in adults under 50, even as overall cancer deaths decline.It's still unclear why colorectal cancer is rising in ...

The disease steadily has been killing more Americans under 50 for years as the mortality rates for other cancers have fallen, new research shows.

Overall cancer mortality among younger Americans has been declining for years. So why is colorectal cancer going in the opposite direction?

Experts say they're stunned by how quickly colon cancer has overtaken other deadly cancers, including lung and breast.

Mortality decreased for every leading cancer-related death (including brain cancer. breast cancer. leukemia, and lung cancer) except colorectal cancer.

Actor James Van Der Beek 's death at age 48 is putting a spotlight on colorectal cancer, and its rise among young people. The ...