The sigmoid colon is the last section of the bowel ... The American Cancer Society reports that colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States, with more than 145,000 ...

New Jersey mom of six Elaine Griffin recalls the four main symptoms that led to her being diagnosed with Stage 2b colon cancer last year ... through the wall of her sigmoid colon, the part ...

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 ...

Just when she thought life couldn’t get busier, New Jersey mom of six Elaine Griffin got diagnosed with Stage 2b colon cancer. “I was very shocked, and I think the doctors were as well because ...

The doubling time of colorectal cancer is about 620 days ... Unfortunately, the symptoms are often so insignificant that they are ignored. The symptoms depend on where the cancer is. The more distal ...

If a person experiences symptoms, they may require medical intervention. Treatments include decompression of the sigmoid volvulus, which allows gas and feces to move through the obstructed area ...

More young people are getting colon cancer. A man diagnosed at age 29 shares symptoms as part of this trend — pelvic ... sigmoid colon and rectum particularly — and we don’t really know ...