Overall colon cancer rates in the United States have declined steadily over the last 30 years. But rates of colon cancer in young adults have risen dramatically during this period for unknown reasons.

The latest Cancer Progress Report reveals a 33% decline in U.S. cancer deaths since 1991, but also highlights the ...

Colorectal surgeons specialize in treating diseases of the small and large intestine (colon), rectum, and anus. A primary focus of their work is caring for people with colorectal cancer, a leading ...

Taking race into account when developing tools to predict a patient's risk of colorectal cancer leads to more accurate ...

You start from the GI tract, you go into the esophagus, the stomach, the small bowel, and then you hit the colon. And at the very end of the colon is the rectum. So, in a sense, rectal cancer is ...

As anesthesia was wearing off, the doctor was holding up a photo of his colon and speaking to him and his wife. “I was just taken aback because I knew exactly what it was. There was no question ...

As a colorectal cancer surgeon, I can tell you the answer is, yes — plenty. In fact, it's thought that more than half of cases in the UK are preventable. So what can you do to stop the disease ...

I moved to Buffalo last summer from Alberta, Canada, to begin medical residency at the University at Buffalo in the MedPeds ...

Colorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer, is a cancer formed by uncontrolled cell growth in the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine), or in the appendix. Genetic analysis shows that ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Microwave ablation (MWA) of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) had low rates of failure and morbidity and warrants ...

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Colon cancer is the disease characterized by the development of malignant cells in the lining or epithelium of the first and longest portion of the large intestine. In the phase 2 NICHE-3 trial ...