Colon cancer is the third most prevalent form of cancer in the U.S., and while screening has helped detect and prevent colon cancer from spreading, major advancements in treating colon cancer have ...

ctDNA testing post-surgery identifies high-risk stage 3 colon cancer patients more accurately than traditional staging methods. Detectable ctDNA correlates with a four- to six-fold increased risk of ...

Donna Gainer was enjoying life by hiking, biking and eating healthy. So it was a surprise when she was diagnosed with ...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not improve disease-free survival compared with upfront surgery in patients with locally advanced colon cancer in a randomized trial. However, neoadjuvant chemotherapy did ...

With March being colon cancer awareness month, it’s a good time to look at some startling numbers on the disease here in the ...

With minimal blood loss and scarring, and faster recovery period, robotic surgeries are becoming game changers in the treatment of colon or colorectal cancer. Blood in the stool, changes in bowel ...

Q: I was diagnosed with diverticulitis, which caused a bowel perforation. I had a sigmoidectomy, no problem, and a resection. Now I'm dealing with constant and urgent diarrhea, as well as some ...

P. Marco Fisichella, MD, of Loyola University Health System in Chicago is treating patients with conditions such as diverticulitis using a laparoscopic surgery technique, which can help patients ...

Patients who undergo robotic colon surgery fare about the same as those who have minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery--but their bills are much heftier, according to research from Johns Hopkins ...