Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel resection can be done for many diseases that affect the colon, such as colorectal ...

If a surgeon only removes a part of the colon, this procedure is called a hemicolectomy, partial colectomy, or segmental resection. The surgeon will take out the cancerous part of the colon along ...

There is something you can do that may help you live longer after a colon cancer diagnosis, and you can start it on your own, at your home or a gym. Exercise is associated with longer lives for ...

Read at the annual meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Portland, Maine, September 11, 1931.

Like most people, Rob Vite thought colon cancer was something that happened only to those over the age of 50. Never could he imagine a strong, successful high school football coach like him would find ...