The sigmoid colon is instrumental in the final stages of digestion, serving as the last stop before waste is eliminated from the body. Optimizing its function can result in smoother bowel ...

“Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and be screened regularly for them,” says Fola May, MD, a ...

Methods: The study was a prospective randomized controlled trial; a total of 196 patients with colon polyps of < 20 mm diameter were enrolled and randomized in a 1:1 ratio to undergo EMR using ...

Her colon had to be “unkinked” during an emergency colonoscopy, Grenham says, then shortened to prevent it from happening again. The sigmoid colon — the part of the large intestine nearest ...

Dec. 23, 2024 — A research team has developed a groundbreaking technology that can treat colon cancer by converting cancer cells into a state resembling normal colon cells without killing them ...

Gallstone ileus of the sigmoid colon is an important, though extremely rare, cause of large bowel obstruction. The gallstone often enters the large bowel through a fistula formation between the ...

1 Cancer Research UK Colorectal Cancer Unit, St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK 2 Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St Mark’s Hospital Most colon cancers are assumed to have a premalignant ...

Figure 5. Typical appearance of a sessile serrated adenoma/polyp in the ascending colon. Arrows indicate the indistinct upper edge of this flat, pale lesion. 1 Division of Gastroenterology and ...

Finding and removing colon polyps may help prevent colon cancer. In addition, colon cancer screening may help find cancer early, making a cure more likely. Your gastroenterologist will ...

She was later an Air Force officer. By Clay Risen Nancy Leftenant-Colon, a granddaughter of enslaved people who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces ...