In a statement, actor James Van Der Beek announced his colorectal cancer diagnosis. While it may sound like another term for ...

The plan to announce the diagnosis "had to be altered early this morning when I was informed that a tabloid was going to run with the news,” he wrote on Instagram on Sunday.

James Van Der Beek has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, the 'Dawson’s Creek' actor revealed in a new interview.

Let’s start with the cheapest, the yearly FIT, or fecal immunochemical test, which looks for fecal blood that might be caused ...

Actor James Van Der Beek, formerly of "Dawson's Creek, announced that he is battling colorectal cancer. The 47-year-old actor's diagnosis is part of a startling trend in rising colon cancer cases ...

Colorectal cancer most often starts out as small growths known as polyps, which vary in size and shape from bumps and flat growths to mushroom-shaped growths. Most polyps may be benign ...

It typically starts as polyps in the lining of the colon or rectum. Polyps are common as people age, and most are not cancer, but can change into cancer over time. The potential to change into ...

The ability to detect serrated polyps by fecal blood testing, computed tomographic (CT) colonography and colonoscopy is limited. Serrated polyps are less likely than adenomas to bleed, so fecal ...

There's a new blood test to screen for colorectal cancer, but a new study found it's not as effective as a colonoscopy or ...