Summerville Medical Center recently marked a major milestone in its minimally invasive robotic surgery program, performing ...

The main treatment for early stage colon cancer is usually surgery. If the cancer is only present in a polyp, people may just require a polypectomy to remove the cancerous polyp. Surgery to remove ...

If you've had any type of colon surgery (in which part or all of the large intestine is removed), chances are you've been told you need to follow a special diet as you recover over the next few weeks.

A new study led by Mass General Brigham researchers found it may also have protective benefits against a certain type of aggressive colon cancer. Study authors analyzed data totaling over 150,000 ...

Kennedy News and Media Woman Goes into Hospital for Colon Surgery, Wakes Up to Hysterectomy After Doctors Found Tumor 'Cemented to Uterus' (Exclusive) Her condition deteriorated in December of ...

Chloe Wakelin's bowel cancer symptoms began when she was 25.

Surgery to remove the left side of the colon is called a left hemi colectomy. Removing the right side of the bowel is called a right hemi colectomy. Removing the sigmoid part of the bowel (sigmoid ...

Medically reviewed by Chioma Ndubisi, MD Bowel endometriosis is when endometrium tissue, which normally lines the uterus, ...

We are unable to list all the possible problems after surgery on this page. Possible problems after colon cancer surgery include a leak where the surgeon has joined the ends of your colon together, or ...

Meanwhile, cancer that occurred in the colon extending from the splenic flexure to the sigmoid colon was considered left-sided colon cancer. After surgery, patients were followed up every 3 months for ...