People with rectal cancer could be spared the need for life ... Prof Myint said the treatment meant patients could avoid a colostomy – an operation to bring part of the bowel through an opening ...

Total mesorectal excision (TME) is a specific surgical technique used in the treatment of rectal cancer in which the bowel with the ... from the abdomen and the laparoscopic portion of the operation ...

“Colon cancer is one of the handful of cancers where there’s good data that screening saves lives," says Ethan Halm, vice ...

Thousands of rectal cancer patients have been saved from invasive ... it would be for the elderly patients who couldn’t have an operation, because they have lots of health problems and an ...

The main treatment for large bowel and rectal neuroendocrine cancer is surgery. Surgery might be all the treatment you need if your cancer hasn’t spread. You might need more than one operation. This ...

In 2025, the American Cancer Society estimates 107,320 new cases of colon cancer and 46,950 new cases of rectal cancer will be diagnosed in the United States. They also expect 52,900 people to die ...

These include pain and rectal bleeding ... like chemotherapy, after the operation. A lot of the time, though, the ovarian cancer has grown too much in the abdomen for surgery to unblock the ...

A new piece of medical equipment installed in a lead-lined vault is bringing new cancer treatment options to people across southern West Virginia and neighboring Southwest Virginia. WVU Medicine ...

People can get a free screening kit for colon cancer in the month of March. In support of Colon Cancer Awareness Month CentraCare is offering the free kits.