Traditionally, chemotherapy was given after surgery (primary cytoreductive surgery (PCRS) and adjuvant chemotherapy). However, chemotherapy can be used before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) ...

Terminal ileum resection was associated with an elevated risk of developing colorectal cancer in patients with Crohn's ...

A mum-of-two is cancer-free after surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals - becoming only the second person in the country to ...

Introduction In 2014, nearly 100,000 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer in the United States, 1 and most will undergo colectomy. While laparoscopy has become the preferred approach to ...

Tests on your bowel cancer cells After a doctor removes tissue or cancer from your bowel, they send a sample of cells to the laboratory. A doctor called a pathologist does various tests on the cells.

Wolff et al. Wolff and colleagues [31] studied alvimopan in 510 patients age 20–89 years, 96% of whom underwent bowel resection. Both the primary GI-3 and secondary GI-2 endpoints were reached ...

Any type of colon surgery needs to be done on a clean and empty colon. You will be put on a special diet before surgery and may need to use laxative drinks and/or enemas to get all of the stool out of ...

Scientists have developed a tool that can predict how bowel cancer adapts to treatment—helping researchers to design new personalized drugs that will keep patients living well for longer.

One is short bowel syndrome (SBS), a disorder in which your small intestine can’t adequately absorb water or nutrients after surgical resection. This condition can result in diarrhea ...

Democratic Primary Democrats will choose a nominee for New Jersey governor from among six prominent candidates, including two big-city mayors, two members of Congress and two union leaders.