Receiving a colorectal cancer diagnosis on top of one for IBD may be the last thing a patient wants to hear. A patient’s risk of developing colorectal cancer depends on certain factors, including if they have ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease affecting the colon, they have had IBD f...

Scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School recently reported that a specific type of bacteria that reside in the gut can enable development and dissemination of colorectal cancer.  This type of bacteria, Fusobacterium, was previously shown to be associated w...