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 ...

Market forces in healthcare, such as managed care programs and hospital competition increase the likelihood patients will undergo laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer, according to researchers ...

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

An option long available in Europe is now offered for Indiana patients. The TEM procedure is a way to remove polyps and more without major surgery. When a problem was detected in Bernard Murphy's ...

This procedure involves removing a portion of the large intestine and creating an ileostomy to redirect human waste. People will likely need to adjust their diet after surgery. People with colon ...

Surgery to remove the colon and rectum can help eliminate UC symptoms, but you may still have gastrointestinal symptoms later on. Learn what to expect from the procedure.