The sigmoid colon and its attachments can also stretch out as a person ages, researchers note. When there’s that extra length and slack, the sigmoid colon can twist on itself, a condition known ...

The other two failures, an obstructing sigmoid cancer and a tight NSAID induced transverse colon stricture, could not be passed even with the paediatric colonoscope. In this study we have evaluated a ...

She had been in pain for the entire 90-minute flight. Her abdomen was so distended and tender that she felt as if it might ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A data analysis from a randomized clinical trial for stage 3 colon cancer patients found that patients with evidence of residual cancer in their blood after surgery to remove the ...

Monoallelic loss of PTEN and ARID1A is identified in normal colonic epithelium. The resulting haploinsufficient phenotypes ...

25."A man in his thirties was suddenly at the door. He was crunched over like he was having severe abdominal pain. He was ...

Adenomatous polyps typically do not cause symptoms unless they progress to colon cancer. Even then, there may be no sign of a problem until the malignancy is advanced. This is why colon cancer ...

You’ve probably heard of “colorectal cancer,” but colon cancer and rectal cancer aren’t the same. If you or someone you’re close to has it, you’ll want to know what they have in common ...