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

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For patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer, one of the most troublesome long-term complications is small bowel ...

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 UK trial swapped standard chemotherapy for a short course of pembrolizumab, and none of the 32 patients has relapsed.

A sweeping new national consensus has just redrawn the rulebook for one of the fastest-growing frontiers in cancer surgery. The Robotic Surgery Group of the Colorectal Cancer Committee of the Chinese ...

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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Untreated colon cancer may spread rapidly to other areas, and life expectancy for some people may be lower compared to those who receive treatment. Surgery and chemotherapy are common treatments and ...

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 ...

Most people don’t get a T-shirt to commemorate their colonoscopy — but David Hungerford had an unusual, life-changing experience. The financial adviser from Long Island was diagnosed with stage 3 ...