Doctors at the VGM Hospital have successfully removed through endoscopy, an 8 cm polyp from the transverse colon of a 29-year-old female patient. This procedure averted the need for a right ...

Studies suggest anemia is more common with cancers that affect the right side of the colon (cecum, ascending colon, parts of the transverse colon). There are key differences between the right and left ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, long-term medical condition. It's a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). UC can cause inflammation and ulcers in the lining of your colon (large ...

“When we came back, of course, the next step is to do a colonoscopy. Had a big tumor in the transverse colon, several polyps, CT scans, and others found some microstatic disease in the lymph ...

A top cancer surgeon has urged the public to add a portion of yoghurt to their daily diet to slash their risk of bowel cancer. Oncologist Professor Justin Stebbing claims the dairy favourite ...

Of the 9 patients who received resection of tumors of the transverse, descending or rectosigmoid colon, 4 had a preliminary or complementary cecostomy, 4 had Miller-Abbott tube decompression ...

Additionally, yoghurt may exert anti-inflammatory effects on the colon lining cells, called the mucosa, which could help prevent cancer development. Improving gut barrier function is another ...

Phelps thought her symptoms -- weight loss, abdominal pain and unusual bowel movements -- were because of her pregnancy, not a sign of cancer. She had no family history of colon cancer ...

Primary tumor sites were the sigmoid colon (50.9%), ascending colon (22.5%), transverse colon (11.4% ... treatment or underwent noncurative resection were not included in the analysis.

Brinlee Luster and her twin sister Mariela have always been inseparable. They attended the same college and studied the same subjects - they even met their husbands on the same day and got married ...

Extended Right-Sided Colon Resection Does Not Reduce the Risk of Colon Cancer Local-Regional Recurrence: Nationwide Population-Based Study From Danish Colorectal Cancer Group Database.

She was discharged from hospital on the eighth postoperative day from colon resection, with reference to the outpatient clinics of the Oncology Department. Unfortunately, the survival of the ...