A risky but often lifesaving surgery that removes damaged parts of the small intestine can leave patients facing a new threat: serious liver damage with no available treatment. Now, scientists have ...

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 ...

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 ...

“When a doctor tells you it’s stage 4, you think, ‘My life is over,'" said Amy Piccioli ...

Piccioli, a mom of three, was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer in May 2024. At the time, she said she had visited an ...

For many people diagnosed with colorectal cancer, surgery can bring lifesaving treatment but also lasting changes.

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 ...

"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 ...

When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure—referred to as a radical small bowel ...

When physicians prescribe systemic chemotherapy, they need to strike a careful balance: the dose needs be strong enough to kill cancer cells throughout the body but not so strong that it harms healthy ...

A routine colonoscopy with no warning signs turned into an unexpected diagnosis for retired physician Dr. Michael Jennings, who spent decades caring for pati ...