The recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer was lowered in 2021 from 50 to 45 for people of average risk.

Objectives To describe all iron deficiency anaemia (IDA)–related causes during follow-up of patients newly diagnosed with IDA and to assess whether a delayed colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis ...

He adds that “90 percent of bowel endometriosis cases involve the pelvic portion of large intestine (the rectum and the sigmoid colon); the other 10 percent involve the appendix and ileum (final ...

In July 2023, Wright revealed that Martin had been fighting Stage 4 colon cancer for over three years, adding that he'd endured "27+ rounds of chemo, 6 weeks of radiation, 3 major surgeries (and ...

AI helps to detect dangerous colon polyps by Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

At 27, Rylie Toomey was diagnosed with colon cancer, and now she's speaking out to raise awareness and inspire others to advocate for their health.

Colon cancer will be diagnosed in approximately 150,000 Americans in 2024. It’s the fourth most diagnosed cancer in the United States and one of the leading causes of cancer deaths, according to ...

Any type of colon surgery needs to be done on a clean and empty colon. You will be put on a special diet before surgery and may need to use laxative drinks and/or enemas to get all of the stool out of ...

For indirect contrast enhancement, researchers have proposed various transformation functions based on histogram equalization and gamma correction. However, these transformation functions tend to ...

We can now show that the sigmoid colon of healthy humans also has an inner stratified MUC2-containing mucus layer that separates bacteria from the epithelium. Bacterial contact with the epithelium has ...

The ATOMIC trial (NCT02912559) included 712 patients with resected, stage III dMMR colon cancer who were at least 12 years old.

Abstract In this article we present a rare variant in which the large intestine was vascularized by the inferior mesenteric artery. It was encountered during macro and microscopic dissection of the ...