Traditionally, treatment for colorectal cancer meant surgery, often leaving patients with a colostomy bag for life. But Patty ...

A new report found that colorectal cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer, including breast and lung cancers ...

Consistent heavy drinking may raise cancer risk more than previously understood.

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

The researchers behind a new Cancer Research UK-funded clinical trial have suggested that giving colon cancer patients chemotherapy before surgery can reduce the risk of disease recurrence by more ...

From an area of settled practice, antimicrobial prophylaxis for colorectal surgery has again received renewed interest and controversy. Answers to the following questions would directly impact ...

Chronic inflammation may be quietly reshaping the colon and making it more vulnerable to early-onset colorectal cancer. Scientists found that colon tissue in younger patients was stiffer, even in ...

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Findings from a study co-led by UTSW reveal a possible mechanism behind a malignancy that has risen rapidly over the past few ...