As new colorectal cancer screening guidance draws attention to the growing number of testing options, the American ...

A sigmoidoscopy is a test a doctor uses to examine the lower portion of the colon. This procedure can help detect conditions such as colorectal cancer. A sigmoidoscopy involves using a thin instrument ...

Wes Hensel had complained to his doctors about occasional rectal bleeding for 4 years. But his gastroenterologist assured him ...

Rates of rectal cancer deaths are rising in adults under 50.

At MSK, close to half of the surgeries just for colorectal cancer are done robotically, Dr. Garcia-Aguilar says. A leader in ...

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...