Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00572143. Intensive follow-up after curative colon cancer resection is associated with improved overall survival of 5–10%. No international ...

Some changes might be needed (such as a modified diet and lower activity level) until the bowel and body have begun to heal. Healthcare providers should give you instructions on how to get back to ...

Bowel preparation of at least adequate quality to be achieved in 90% of patients ... Tattooing aids the accurate marking of suspected malignant lesions and resection sites, to guide future surgical ...

Objectives Malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) is a common, challenging condition in advanced cancer ... Methods A prospective, interventional, single-arm, open label study of Gastrografin across two ...

Background Laparoscopic adhesiolysis is emerging as an alternative for open surgery in adhesive small bowel obstruction. Retrospective studies suggest that laparoscopic approach shortens hospital ...

Colon cancer develops when tumorous growths form in the large intestine. It often produces no symptoms in the early stages, but people should see a doctor if they notice persistent changes in ...

Leftenant-Colon became the first person in the family to pursue higher education, studying in the Bronx at the Lincoln School for Nurses, one of the first nursing schools open to African Americans.

Both lobectomy and segmentectomy demonstrated better outcomes than wedge resection, which had five-year OS of 66.3% and 10-year OS of 41.4%. This research highlights the profound effect of using ...

A comprehensive molecular and clinical study of patients with young-onset CRC. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not include a ...

Refining colorectal cancer screening strategies using polygenic risk scores and classical risk factors: A proof-of-concept study in the UK Biobank cohort. Multivariable logistic regression model of ...

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Colon cancer cases are soaring in young people, alarming experts and leaving doctors scrambling for answers as to why. Now, a study published by a team of international researchers in the journal ...