Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

Recurrent and re-operative colon surgery is a procedure that is performed when cancer in the colon has returned after initial treatment or when a previous colorectal surgery was unsuccessful. This ...

Patients with stage 3 colorectal cancer who tested MRD-positive with Signatera after surgery saw a meaningful survival ...

Stage 4 colon cancer is considered advanced: cancer has spread beyond your colon to distant organs. Treatment may involve a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or ablation.

A blood test could help doctors decide which patients with colon cancer should receive anti-inflammatory medication along ...

CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. IT IS STILL THE SECOND DEADLIEST CANCER FOR AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN. THE THIRD MOST COMMON CANCER OVERALL. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT WHAT’S BEHIND THOSE TROUBLING NUMBERS. I’M GOING ...

Increased stiffness of the colon, spurred by chronic inflammation, may encourage the development and progression of ...

This article appears in print in the April 2020 issue as part of the Top Doctors cover story. Click here to subscribe. These physicians treat diseases of the intestinal tract, colon and rectum. Oliver ...