Japanese golf legend Masashi Ozaki died at 78 after battling stage 4 sigmoid colon cancer. The disease develops in the lower colon, often remaining silent for years before spreading to vital organs ...
A colonoscopy technique involving repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon significantly improves detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy evaluations, new research showed. “After ...
Japanese golf legend, Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki, died yesterday from sigmoid colon cancer at the age of 78. Jumbo won 114 times worldwide, including a record 94 victories on the Japan Golf Tour. He rose ...
PC, a rare condition, is a form of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis that generally presents late in middle age. It is characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts within the wall of ...
Introduction Each year, millions of people experience recurrent diverticulitis episodes. Elective sigmoid colon resection reduces the risk of recurrence, but The American Society of Colon and Rectal ...
Incidence rates for anal cancer in the United States: 1980-2009. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not include a full text component ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: Diverticular-associated colitis is an interesting clinical scenario that is occasionally encountered by the ...
Abdominoperineal resection: usually performed for a lower rectal or anal cancer. Involves the surgical removal of the anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon, along with associated lymph nodes, resulting in ...