For the hundreds of thousands of people who undergo sphincter-preserving surgery for rectal cancer each year, saving the ...

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Surgery for colorectal cancer in patients aged 90 and older has long been viewed with caution, if not outright skepticism.

This bowel-saving surgery is nothing to sneeze at. Surgeons have successfully placed part of a Florida man’s colon back into his body after it fell out following a forceful sneeze. The 63-year-old was ...

Combined immunonutrient formulas were associated with fewer postoperative complications, with the most reproducible signal in reduced surgical site/wound infection rates. Single-component ...

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)—genetic material shed from tumors into the bloodstream—may help risk-stratify patients with Stage 3 colon cancer by tailoring chemotherapy options after surgery based on ...

A major change is taking place in operating rooms for colorectal cancer.Instead of doctors operating instruments directly ...

Robotic surgery offers significant benefits over laparoscopic procedures for many patients undergoing colectomies for colon cancer, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center. They also ...

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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 ...