Did you know that colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States? It's also the most treatable if caught early. On this episode of MorningLine, Nick Beres talks to Dr.

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

One large study found that more advanced cases of colorectal cancer had a higher likelihood of returning. For example, if participants had stage 3 colon cancer, almost 25 percent experienced a ...