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 ...

A decade-long study comparing conventional colon cancer surgery with "keyhole" surgery found identical success rates, disproving fears that tumors would be more likely to return if surgeons did not ...

Colon cancer diagnosis involves colonoscopy, imaging, and blood tests, with staging guiding treatment decisions. Stage 1 treatment typically involves surgery, while stage 2 may include chemotherapy ...

Colon cancer can cause complications such as bowel obstruction or gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Treatments for colon cancer, such as surgery or chemotherapy, can also cause complications. Colon ...

Stage 3 colon cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or through the wall of your colon. Doctors commonly treat it with surgery followed by chemotherapy. The most common staging system for colon cancer ...

Immunotherapy prior to surgery, has led to zero relapses after nearly three years follow-up in new results from the ...

Researchers report encouraging long-term results from an experimental treatment approach that rethinks the timing of cancer ...

Stage 3 colorectal cancer means the cancer has spread to the nearby lymph nodes, but it has not spread to distant parts of the body. Colorectal cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the colon or ...