Writers can misuse or overuse hyphens, em dashes, colons and, to some editors' disgust, semicolons. Using a period is a ...

You’ve probably heard of “colorectal cancer,” but colon cancer and rectal cancer aren’t the same. If you or someone you’re close to has it, you’ll want to know what they have in common ...

Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also called colorectal cancer. This section is about treatment for colon cancer that hasn't spread to ...

Colon cancer symptoms in women include diarrhea, constipation, unintended weight loss, and bloody stools. While these are the same for anyone with colon cancer, symptoms in women may be misattributed ...

Most people have surgery for colon cancer that hasn't spread. The operation you have depends on the position of the cancer in the bowel. This section is about surgery for cancer that starts in the ...