At 69, marathoner Mike Fremont was given three months to live after a colorectal cancer diagnosis. He credits a radical diet ...

Jenna Scott said doctors chalked up her abdominal cramping to pregnancy symptoms or IBS. It took a year to get diagnosed with ...

Unfortunately, there was little evidence from this study that appreciable progress is being made in the early diagnosis of carcinoma of the right colon. Although the average duration of symptoms ...

The lining of the colon is made up of different layers of tissue: The inner layer is made up of 2 layers called the mucosa (inner lining) and the submucosa. The mucosa is made up of cells called ...

The earliest stage of colorectal cancers is called stage 0 (a very early cancer), and then range from stages I (1) through IV (4). As a rule, the lower the number, the less the cancer has spread. A ...

Stage grouping: Tis, N0, M0 Stage 0 cancer is the earliest stage. It is also known as carcinoma in situ or intramucosal carcinoma (Tis). Stage 0 colon cancers have not grown beyond mucosa (the ...

One study found that, between 2004 and 2013, surgeons removed pelvic lymph nodes in 63.5% of such cases.

So lymph node removal is often used to help determine what stage of prostate cancer a man has. However, according to one major study, only a small minority of these excised lymph nodes -- just 3.7% -- ...

One study found that, between 2004 and 2013, surgeons removed pelvic lymph nodes in 63.5% of such cases.

One study found that, between 2004 and 2013, surgeons removed pelvic lymph nodes in 63.5% of such cases. Of course, doctors are often concerned that even a localized prostate cancer has spread to ...