Colorectal cancer is on the rise among people under ... that a 4.3-centimeter tumor had broken through the wall of her sigmoid colon, the part of the large intestine that connects to the rectum.

Goligher, Dukes and Bussey 4 (1951) recorded 15 cases of implantation recurrence of carcinoma of the sigmoid colon and rectum, of which 4 occurred in the soft tissues of the pelvis; all 4 followed ...

Colorectal cancer typically affects people over 50 ... The exam revealed that she had a 5-centimeter polyp in her sigmoid colon, the section of the colon that connects to the rectum.

A Las Vegas colon cancer survivor credits early screening with saving her life. According to the American Cancer Society, ...

THIS study is based on 242 patients who were operated on between 1930 and 1950 for carcinoma of the right colon. This group includes patients with carcinoma of the cecum, the ascending colon and ...

A colonoscopy found that she had cancer. “(The doctor ... were shrinking but another mass in her sigmoid colon appeared to be growing. Her doctors wanted to shrink and reduce most of her ...

It’s also one of the tools that doctors use to check people for colon and rectal cancer. A sigmoidoscope ... the rectum and pass it into your sigmoid colon. The doctor will use a small amount ...

Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States and cases among younger adults are rising. Early detection is critical, as symptoms may not appear until the cancer has progressed.