Mothers should not halt practice of breastfeeding, which offers many benefits to infants, as much more research is still needed, scientists say.

Researchers found a 50 to 60 percent lower risk of colorectal cancer among women who started endoscopy screenings at age 45 compared to those who had not undergone screening at all.

Newly developed polygenic risk scores, which add up hundreds or thousands of genetic risk factors for six common diseases, can aid physicians and patients in making individualized disease screening and prevention decisions.

The Gazette spoke with Andrew Chan, director of cancer epidemiology at the Mass. General Cancer Center, about the new thinking around aspirin.

Consuming higher amounts of vitamin D – mainly from dietary sources – may help protect against developing young-onset colorectal cancer or precancerous colon polyps, according to the first study to show such an association.

Experts lower the recommended age for colorectal cancer screening.

A new study finds that while regular aspirin use has clear benefits in reducing colorectal cancer incidence among middle-aged adults, the benefits stop after age 70.