Colorectal cancer, the third-most common cancer in the U.S., has been rising among younger people for the past two decades. It is not one type of cancer but two cancers: colon cancer, which starts in ...

The large intestine—which includes the cecum, colon, rectum, and anus—is a key part of the digestive system. It's a long, thin organ at the end of your digestive tract where your body produces and ...

The term colorectal cancer combines colon and rectal cancer, two parts of the intestine. The first part of the large intestine is called the colon, and the last part refers to the rectum. These two ...

Ketogenic diets have been shown to increase tumor formation in the small intestine of mice, while protecting against colon ...

Researchers found that a ketogenic diet promoted small intestinal tumor growth in mice genetically prone to intestinal cancer.

Appendix cancer, also called appendiceal cancer, is when abnormal cells grow and form a tumor in the appendix. Your appendix is a little pouch-like organ attached to the lower right side of your large ...

Ketogenic diets, originally developed in the 1920s to treat epilepsy, have been adapted in the past few decades as a strategy to lose weight or increase lifespan. This type of diet (a high percentage ...