Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open resection during the surgery. Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection for ...

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 ...

Our providers at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center have unique expertise in some of the newest, most innovative, minimally invasive surgical procedures ...

Taken together, our results suggest that in addition to physiological age, comorbidities and unfavorable clinical traits, ...

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 ...

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget’s Volume 16 on January 21, 2025, titled “Assessment of cfDNA release ...

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 ...

Instead it passes out through the stoma. You wear a bag stuck onto the skin over the stoma to collect your poo. You might have a temporary colostomy with surgery to remove part of the colon. This is ...

More frequent follow-up after curative surgery did not significantly reduce 10-year mortality rates in patients with stage II and stage III colorectal cancer.