A Brazilian butt lift surgery ended with a woman’s colon cut open and the patient’s “prolonged stay” in intensive care. The state of Florida said not only did a West Miami-Dade BBL end that way, the ...

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 ...

Dr. Bethany Malone has treated a lot of colorectal cancer patients. The youngest, not counting those with genetic conditions, was 19 years old. Colorectal cancer used to be considered a cancer of ...

An option long available in Europe is now offered for Indiana patients. The TEM procedure is a way to remove polyps and more without major surgery. When a problem was detected in Bernard Murphy's ...

A common form of weight-loss surgery may cut the risk of colorectal cancer by altering levels of molecules called bile acids in the blood and small intestine. The findings could lead to new treatments ...

Immunotherapy wipes out some colorectal tumors without surgery, signaling a major shift toward less invasive treatment.

While there are several treatment options for colon cancer, not all of them work for all cancer types. Deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colon cancer is known to be less responsive to chemotherapy than ...

Among patients with high-risk malignant colorectal polyps, 19% had residual disease, with rates of 25% in the immediate surgery group vs 9% in the nonoperative management group. The rate of rectum and ...

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 ...