How you feel after your bowel (colon) cancer operation depends on what type of surgery you have. After a big operation, you might wake up in the intensive care unit (ICU) or high dependency unit (HDU) ...

Patients with colon cancer who still have cancer cells in their blood after surgery may improve their survival odds with ...

A data analysis from a randomized clinical trial for stage 3 colon cancer patients by investigators at Dana-Farber Brigham ...

Most people have surgery for colon cancer that hasn't spread. The operation you have depends on the position ... A colostomy is an operation to create an opening (stoma) of the large bowel (colon) ...

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget’s Volume 16 on January 21, 2025, titled “Assessment of cfDNA release ...

A 14-year-old dancer was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer after suffering years of pain ... A month later, she underwent surgery to have the tumor and half of her colon removed.

Explore how cfDNA levels change around colorectal cancer surgery and their potential as non-invasive biomarkers for ...

Two patients had recurrent colon cancer after surgery. The remaining 10 patients did not undergo surgery. Stent placement was technically successful in 11 patients, giving a technical success rate ...

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology today announced the results of a data analysis from a randomized phase III clinical trial involving patients with stage III colon cancer, which found that ...

Taken together, our results suggest that in addition to physiological age, comorbidities and unfavorable clinical traits, ...

Getting regular checkups and colon cancer screening is the best way to prevent colorectal cancer. The US Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society both recommend that people ...