An expandable tube that unblocks the bowel before surgery could lead to fewer cancer patients—diagnosed as emergencies—needing a colostomy bag.The Cancer Research UK-funded CReST trial ...

A personal trainer who followed a clean diet was diagnosed with colon cancer after her rectal bleeding and bloating were dismissed as benign stomach issues.

Unfortunately, that can leave survivors with a lifelong need for a colostomy bag, as well as other issues such as sexual dysfunction. So, knowing which patients might do well without surgery is ...

"I didn't get along well with others, because of the bag and the smell," which resulted in "a couple of altercations," he said. The lawsuit, filed in November, alleges a violation of Jackson's ...

That's why she's showing the world what her colostomy bag looks like, bearing her middle, hoping to take the mystery out of it. In April 2012, Isaacs was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer.

Although the highest peaks for colorectal cancer is between ages 50 and 70, Dr. Marks said we've seen it kind of trend into a younger group, which is what makes doctors concerned.

Her son, Jamie Bollard, told the inquest that his mother had been using a colostomy bag since 2014 when she had surgery to remove part of her small bowel at Beaumont Hospital.

Many patients fear surgery because of the need for a "bag" or ostomy, but for most patients who need colectomy, the ostomy is only temporary and a bowel reconstruction.

But after undergoing five surgeries, Townsend's bowel ruptured and her doctors told her she'd need to wear the colostomy bags. "Finally, after three and a half years, I decided that my colostomy ...