If colorectal cancer is found through screening, surgery is quickly scheduled to remove the tumor. The standard open surgery could take a full week of hospitalization, but a less invasive procedure ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have colon surgery at high-volume hospitals are more likely than patients at smaller ones to go straight home for recovery without needing special care, ...

Surgery for colon cancer may impact your emotional as well as your physical health. Medical teams focus on preparing you for the bowel surgery, but you may feel a little lost or frightened once it's ...

Recurrent and re-operative colon surgery is a procedure that is performed when cancer in the colon has returned after initial treatment or when a previous colorectal surgery was unsuccessful. This ...

TUPELO — The implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for colorectal surgeries at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo has led to shorter hospital stays for colorectal ...

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 ...

It's well documented; a colonoscopy is one of the only procedures in the medical field that can not only detect cancer but prevent cancer. That's by finding and removing questionable polyps before ...

This bowel-saving surgery is nothing to sneeze at. Surgeons have successfully placed part of a Florida man’s colon back into his body after it fell out following a forceful sneeze. The 63-year-old was ...

ROME — Pope Francis underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the latest malady to befall the 86-year-old pontiff who had part of his colon removed two years ago. The ...