Rectal sparing and backwash ileitis were more common in the ... underwent subtotal colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis (compared with none of the control patients). Three of five PSC patients who ...

Here’s some food for thought: What’s on your plate could be putting you at risk for colorectal cancer. Once primarily associated with older adults, incidence of the disease has been steadily ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A data analysis from a randomized clinical trial for stage 3 colon cancer patients found that patients with evidence of residual cancer in their blood after surgery to remove the ...

Radwah Oda was just 30 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer, an illness that seemed to come out of the blue. But looking back, she’d been experiencing symptoms for about a year without ...

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 ...

A rectal spacer is a gel that doctors inject between the prostate and rectum before radiation therapy to specifically target and reduce side effects of the treatment such as bladder leakage and rectal ...