Getting regular checkups and colon cancer screening is the best way to prevent colorectal cancer. The US Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society both recommend that people ...

You’ve probably heard of “colorectal cancer,” but colon cancer and rectal cancer aren’t the same. If you or someone you’re close to has it, you’ll want to know what they have in common ...

Among these patients, inflamed mucosa in the descending colon or the oral side of the splenic flexure was observed endoscopically in 54 (40%). Even in the 125 patients with clinical remission ...

The symptoms typically get worse the longer you go without a bowel movement. In severe cases, fecal impaction can turn into a medical emergency in situations where colon perforation and subsequent ...

Former Olympic swimmer Dan Wallace has backed a campaign to build a new hydro pool for a disability charity. Capability Scotland will be moving to the Bertha Park campus in Perth – but it doesn’t have ...

NOS OR descending colon OR hepatic flexure of colon OR overlapping lesion of colon OR retrosigmoid junction OR rectum NOS OR sigmoid colon OR splenic flexure of colon OR transverse colon NOTE.

Colon cancer symptoms in women include diarrhea, constipation, unintended weight loss, and bloody stools. While these are the same for anyone with colon cancer, symptoms in women may be misattributed ...

Table 4 Treatment of Carcinoma of Splenic Flexure. There were 6 cases of cancer of the descending colon — all resectable (Table 5). In 4 cases a resection and end-to-end suture were done ...

About 107,320 new cases of colon cancer (54,510 in men and 52,810 in women) About 46,950 new cases of rectal cancer (27,950 in men and 19,000 in women) The rate of people being diagnosed with colon or ...