He thought the bleeding was a hemorrhoid, brought on by a strenuous weightlifting session at the gym.
In my 20s, after my doctor performed a laparoscopy to examine my uterus and ovaries, he gave me a videotape of the procedure. I dubbed it "Madame Ovary," threw a party and screened it for my friends.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently announced that it is no longer recommending prostate cancer screening for men.
2010: Dr. Mehmet Oz talks to CNN's Larry King about his colon cancer scare and the need to screen for the disease.
Stepped-up colon-cancer screening has helped slash death rates from the disease across the U.S. in recent years, but not all regions of the country have benefited equally.
A Canadian man who blogged about his battle with cancer has died, but not without leaving a post-mortem message.
How many stages are there in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma?
Three weeks after learning he was at high risk for colon cancer, he televises his colonoscopy
The doctor tells PEOPLE Winfrey was prompted to get a colonoscopy - right away
"This was a shakeup," he tells PEOPLE after a routine examination finds a precancerous polyp
Elaine Murszewski is a self-proclaimed coffee addict.
I am at risk of rectal cancer because of my orientation and not able to find reliable info. Where can I go to actually get the true information about this? And where can I go to get free publications? Any info would be great, as I am hearing that this is on the rise.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest college and professional basketball players of all time, says he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer.
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is going public with his fight against a rare form of leukemia.
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