Shannin Desroches fought for a diagnosis after being dismissed. Now she tells PEOPLE that she's been given a 5% chance of ...

Chloe Wakelin says her cancer symptoms were initially dismissed as a stomach bug that she picked up at her job as a daycare ...

But two-year funding for a new type of surgery in Wales - which until that point was only available elsewhere in the UK - ...

The main treatment for early stage colon cancer is usually surgery. If the cancer is only present in a polyp, people may just require a polypectomy to remove the cancerous polyp. Surgery to remove ...

plays a key role in driving the growth of colorectal cancer. “We now see this inflammation in the colon tumors themselves,” said co-author Dr. Timothy Yeatman, a professor of surgery at the University ...

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) ...

Do your research and find a board-certified colorectal surgeon for diagnosis, and if surgery is recommended, ask that surgeon how many cases he or she has done and about the outcomes. When caught ...

UC Davis (Calif.) Health's colorectal surgery program has been designated a surgical quality partner by the American College of Surgeons and the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.

A new evaluation index system, developed using the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) framework within the Enhanced ...