The spring meeting of the Irish Society for Gastroenterology highlighted research into current clinical practices – while ...

Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has a five-year survival rate of between 30% and 40%. The former president's prostate cancer is ...

All four cases had full splenic flexure mobilization. Routine closure of the mesenteric ... such as diverticular disease and cancer, among others. 1 The laparoscopic approach has equivalent results in ...

This colonoscopy was intended to confirm the extent of disease (proctitis (rectum only); left-sided colitis (up to the splenic flexure); extensive colitis ... history of any cancer; history of ...

Splenic-flexure syndrome is a chronic disorder that may be caused by gas trapped at bends (flexures) in the colon. Crohn's disease, colon cancer, or any disease that causes intestinal obstruction, may ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American Cancer Society reported on Thursday.

Before a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis, a young mother dismissed early symptoms ... she had encountered a large tumor nearly blocking my entire colon at the splenic flexure, the sharp bend between ...

left-sided colitis extends up to the splenic flexure and extensive colitis extends beyond the splenic flexure (Figure 4-1). Pancolitis refers to contiguous inflammation affecting the entire colon.

Splenic vein thrombosis is a serious condition that requires prompt diagnosis and management to prevent complications. Surgical interventions for pancreatic cancer, such as pancreatoduodenectomy ...

In the breast cancer world, alopecia is the way you ... of a right-sided tumor is one that is proximal to the splenic flexure, these tumors are relatively refractory to first-line therapy with ...

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 ...