When Jamie Ball felt sharp pain in her side, she believed she was experiencing gallbladder troubles. After about three weeks of discomfort, she visited the emergency room hoping they’d give her ...
In the U.S., colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death for men under 50, and the second-leading cause of ...
Nov. 16, 2023 — A new scientific finding is the foundation for the first clinical trial in the U.S. to study an experimental drug's ability to fight pancreatic cancer with metastasis to the ...
Colon cancer and IBS are common health problems that share some symptoms, such as excessive gas, constipation, and abdominal pain. Because there is often overlap in symptoms, it can be hard to ...
Early colon cancer doesn’t always have symptoms, but when they do arise, they are often general and nonspecific, like bloating, gas, or changes in bowel habits. Sometimes, more serious symptoms like ...
You start from the GI tract, you go into the esophagus, the stomach, the small bowel, and then you hit the colon. And at the very end of the colon is the rectum. So, in a sense, rectal cancer is ...
It can be hereditary. There are two different types that are definitely hereditary. One is called familial adenomatous polyposis where the patient has multiple polyps in the colon and they carry ...
Today is the day! Today is the first day of my radiation treatment at Sentara's Oncology and Radiation department.
Whether he's walking, working out on a Peloton bike or carrying his bag while golfing, Matt Meyersohn, 42, is "always really active," he tells TODAY.com. "And I'm someone who measures my activity ...
Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...
Colorectal cancer starts in the colon or rectum. Symptoms include blood in the stool, changes in bowel habits, abdominal pain, and unexplained weight loss. Anyone can develop colorectal cancer ...
Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have compiled a detailed catalog of bacteria living in cancer metastases. Having analyzed over 4,000 tumors, they shed light on the diversity of ...