It's well documented; a colonoscopy is one of the only procedures in the medical field that can not only detect cancer but prevent cancer. That's by finding and removing questionable polyps before ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — It's something many people associate with older men, but more women than ever before are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Now, The American Cancer Society is changing the ...

Colon cancer survivors are living longer than ever, but the vast majority of women treated for the disease have lingering gastrointestinal symptoms, such as bloating and gas, new research reveals.

When you add all types of colorectal cancer, that number soars past 150,000. And doctors are now seeing more young adults, ...

When Devlynn Cyr went into the hospital for a colectomy in September 2023, she thought she was getting surgery to repair her colon, which had ruptured after a long battle with chronic pain, ...

Recurrent and re-operative colon surgery is a procedure that is performed when cancer in the colon has returned after initial treatment or when a previous colorectal surgery was unsuccessful. This ...

AIIMS Delhi doctors have successfully treated a colon cancer patient by removing a whopping 19.9 kg tumour from a 43-year-old ...

Associate Professor and Program Director of the UAB Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Jamie Cannon, M.D., and Assistant Professor Drew Gunnells, M.D., published “Robotic Surgery in Crohn’s Disease” in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rates of colon cancer in people under 50 have grown in recent decades. One study found that 82% of young colon cancer patients ...

Colon cancer symptoms often don't exist. An active woman shares how repeated nudges from a loved one led to her diagnosis: "My entire life changed that day." ...

Devlynn Cyr, 38, thought she was having colon surgery but woke up to learn she had undergone a hysterectomy due to discovery of stage 3 cancer Courtesy of Devlynn Cyr When Devlynn Cyr went into the ...