This cancer moves quickly, and I was told to expect that I likely already had this cancer in multiple organs. Thankfully, a ...

Jessica Wozniak thought that some of the symptoms of norovirus were lingering. They were signs of Stage 4 colon cancer.

This story has been updated to correct Bryce Ramsey’s place of origin. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A colon cancer survivor credits ...

Griffin was 44 when doctors discovered 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. The Hamilton ...

The large intestine includes four sections: the sigmoid colon, which connects the colon to the rectum; the descending colon, which runs down the left side of your body; the transverse colon ...

They will insert the sigmoidoscope through the rectum and pass it into your sigmoid colon. The doctor will use a small amount of air to expand the colon to see the colon walls. You may feel mild ...

In most cases, the diverticula form in the last part of the large intestine, which is called the sigmoid colon. The sigmoid ...

The exam revealed that she had a 5-centimeter polyp in her sigmoid colon, the section of the colon that connects to the rectum. Shortly thereafter, doctors removed 3 feet of her colon and 13 lymph ...

A CT scan after those treatments showed that her liver metastases, were shrinking but another mass in her sigmoid colon appeared to be growing. Her doctors wanted to shrink and reduce most of her ...

VGM Hospital proudly announces a groundbreaking achievement in gastrointestinal endoscopy:the successful endoscopic removal ...

Palatin Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: PTN), a biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class medicines based on ...

Sigmoidoscopy is another test similar to a colonoscopy but less invasive as it only looks at the lower part of the colon (sigmoid colon). The fecal occult blood test and fecal immunochemical test ...