Injuries to your colon. A serious injury near your splenic flexure could damage your colon and affect blood flow in the area. Cancer. A tumor growing in or near your splenic flexure can affect ...

There is considerable evidence that men have higher age-adjusted rates of cancer than women. 23 In addition, a definition of the distal colon that includes the left colon to the splenic flexure ...

A budget impact model of third-line or later trifluridine/tipiracil treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does ...

Splenic flexure syndrome is a condition in which gas builds up in a part of the colon called the splenic flexure. This can cause abdominal pain, bloating, and discomfort. The splenic flexure is a ...

Carcinoid tumors were included as colorectal-cancer cases. Cancers located in the rectum through the splenic flexure were defined as distal, and those in the transverse colon through the cecum ...

The risk of right-sided colorectal cancer increased more than sevenfold among women whose endometrial diagnosis occurred at age 50 or younger (HR 7.48, 95% CI 1.29 to 43.28) and was more than ...

CRC, colorectal cancer; LS, Lynch syndrome ... We found that 48% (52 of 109) of all tumors were located proximal to the splenic flexure. There was an even distribution of right-sided (52%; 46 of 89) ...

Splenic flexure syndrome is a digestive disorder that causes gas to accumulate in your colon. While it’s not considered a life threatening condition, it can cause pain and discomfort if left ...