Surgical intervention remains a cornerstone of colorectal cancer treatment. In recent years, robotic surgery has emerged as a promising approach, offering potential advantages over traditional open ...

Most people have surgery for colon cancer that hasn't spread. The operation you have depends on the position of the cancer in the bowel. This section is about surgery for cancer that starts in the ...

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 ...

Your treatment will depend on: where your cancer is how big it is and whether it has spread (the stage) the type of cancer how abnormal the cells look under a microscope (the grade) your general ...

The first treatment for colon cancer is usually surgery to remove a section of the colon. This is called a partial colectomy. Most often, doctors can reconnect the separated sections of the colon ...

Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, Scandinavian Surgical Outcomes Research Group, 413 45 ...

Laparoscopic surgery, also referred to as minimally invasive surgery (MIS) or laparoscopy, is a surgical technique in which a thin, camera-equipped surgical device is inserted into the abdomen or ...

Many older adults think they should still receive colon cancer screenings past the age of 75. At least that’s the conclusion of a study published Dec. 3 in the journal JAMA Network Open ...