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Colorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer, is a type of cancer that develops in the colon or rectum. According to the American Cancer Society, it starts as a growth on the inner lining of either place, coming to be known as polyps. Over time, the cancer cells spread across the lining to the blood or lymph vessels, from where …

More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American Cancer Society reported on Thursday. And despite overall improvements in survival, Black and Native Americans are dying of some cancers at rates two to three times higher than those among white Americans. These trends represent a marked change for an …