Abu Dhabi health chiefs have hailed the introduction of a blood test for colon cancer as a "game-changer" in the emirate's ...

Casandra Costley thought rectal bleeding, pain was because of a hemorrhoid. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer.

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD A colonoscopy is a medical procedure performed to inspect the inside of the rectum and ...

Over a 45-years span — between 1975 and 2020 — improvements in cancer screenings and prevention strategies have reduced ...

A colonoscopy is a medical procedure performed ... If your provider removed polyps or tissue for a biopsy, you may experience light bleeding from the anus. You won't be able to drive yourself ...

We investigated the distribution of the collagen band in 33 patients with collagenous colitis to estimate the likelihood of the disease being diagnosed in biopsy specimens from the left side of the ...

From detecting early disease to guiding treatment plans, clinicians are finding ctDNA testing increasingly important.

Natera has begun the subject enrolment in the randomised Phase III SAGITTARIUS clinical trial designed to assess the ...

“He was like, ‘I’m very concerned that this looks like advanced colon cancer, but let’s get a biopsy.’” She had never considered her bleeding and pain could be cancer. “I thought he ...

Recovery from a colonoscopy, an examination of the large intestine used to screen for colon cancer, takes about a day. While the procedure lasts only around an hour, it takes at least one hour to ...

A stomach biopsy allows your healthcare provider to examine tissues under a microscope ... Your provider may do separate procedures (upper endoscopy for the upper GI tract and colonoscopy for the ...