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 ...

She was shocked to be diagnosed with rectal cancer at 29 and had her reproductive organs temporarily moved out of her pelvis ...

What’s on your plate could be putting you at risk for colorectal cancer. Once primarily associated with older adults, incidence of the disease has been steadily rising among younger people since the ...

Colorectal surgeon Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar says there are a growing number of ways to treat colon and rectal cancer including advances in targeted therapy, surgery, and immunotherapy that can also ...

A blood test could help doctors decide which patients with colon cancer should receive anti-inflammatory medication along ...

Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD (seated) with nurse Kieran Kelleher BSN-RN. Dr. Garcia-Aguilar and the colorectal service at MSK are experts at the watch and wait approach to ...

A total diet replacement program before colorectal cancer surgery appears feasible and safe for patients with excess weight ...

Colorectal cancer, once considered a disease of older adults, is increasingly being diagnosed in younger people. A study by ...

In patients with stage II-III rectal cancer, non-operative management after a clinical complete response to neoadjuvant ...

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