Colon cancer diagnosis involves colonoscopy, imaging, and blood tests, with staging guiding treatment decisions. Stage 1 treatment typically involves surgery, while stage 2 may include chemotherapy ...

A biopsy and imaging confirmed Behnke had Stage 3b colorectal cancer. "It had broken through the rectal wall and was in some ...

I was living a normal 29-year-old life. I thought my symptoms were no big deal, until they started happening more ...

When he suddenly struggled to walk up the stairs of his Manhattan home, he never imagined it would be cancer.Start the day ...

Jenna Scott was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer aged 31 despite being fit and healthy. Misdiagnosed symptoms during pregnancy delayed her cancer diagnosis, complicating treatment. She expects ...

Mariana Tata experienced a few subtle, common symptoms of colon cancer and got them checked out. She was diagnosed at stage 4 ...

Q: My friend was just diagnosed with colon cancer, and they said it's stage IIIB. What does that mean? How do doctors figure out the stage? A: When someone is diagnosed with colon cancer, one of the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- There is a clinical trial going on that hopes to change the way patients with early-stage colorectal cancer are treated. Fox Chase Cancer Center is investigating a method ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment. This means the medicines will travel ...

Staying physically active, especially through regular walking, may help reduce cancer-related fatigue and improve quality of ...