You have tests to check you are fit for surgery and meet the team who will be looking after you. Surgery to remove a small part of the bowel lining (local resection) Local resection is for small, ...

Although ctDNA positivity generally meant worse disease-free survival in stage 3 resected colon cancer, patients with ctDNA ...

Natera has reported the latest data from the Phase III CALGB (Alliance)/SWOG 80702 study, indicating that Signatera, a ...

Lumeda Inc. ("Lumeda"), a biophotonics systems company formed to advance photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer, today announced the completion of a phase 1 clinical by Roswell Park ...

Partial colectomy. This is also called colon resection surgery. A cancerous part of the colon and some surrounding areas are removed, and your colon is reconnected. — Surgical resection with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer represents a significant advancement in the field of colorectal surgery, addressing one of the most challenging ...

But the lax tissue remained and she was at risk for the twist to happen again, so Cunningham performed a follow-up surgery two days later and removed about 14 inches of her colon to shorten and ...