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 ...

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 ...

Doctors may recommend a colostomy if the bowel becomes diseased or damaged. This procedure involves cutting into the abdominal wall to drain stool from the colon. Any surgery ending in “ostomy” ...

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 ...

A short course of immunotherapy given before surgery eliminated detectable colon cancer in a majority of patients whose ...

Most colostomies are meant to be temporary, but the high risk of complications like leakage and infection can keep many people from having the procedure reversed. You might need a colostomy to help ...

Colorectal surgeons are medical professionals who specialize in diagnosing and treating conditions relating to the colon and rectal areas. They are also known as proctologists, colon doctors, or colon ...