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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you please recommend the best treatment for colon cancer after surgery, when only 1 out of 39 lymph nodes had cancerous cells? -- H.L. ANSWER: Surgery remains the primary way to ...

A young mother battling colon cancer — highlighting the need for insurance-covered colonoscopies for younger patients — is now in desperate need of a liver transplant after enduring an extensive ...

Stage 4 colon cancer symptoms like pain and bowel changes can be managed with medicine. Stage 4 colon cancer is not curable, but treatment can help people live longer. Removing a few metastases in the ...

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"My doctor told me I needed a colonoscopy to check for colon cancer, but is that true?" Dr. Ashlee N. Godshalk Ruggles, a board certified, fellowship trained colorectal surgeon from Capital Health ...

Liver transplantation plus chemotherapy significantly improves overall survival in carefully selected patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases compared with chemotherapy alone, according ...

A new international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has identified a genetic factor that may explain why some patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver experience more severe ...