Encouraging 1-Year Outcomes With Mini-Robot for Colectomy

A follow-up of colon cancer patients undergoing colectomy with a miniaturized robotic-assisted device has found ...

AUGUST 19, 2024

Distance From Facility Increases Patients’ Risk For Advanced Colon Cancer, Mortality

TAMPA, FLA.—The odds of presenting with metastatic or T4 colon cancer, having delayed surgical intervention, ...

JULY 29, 2022

Medicaid Expansion Improved Early Diagnosis of Colon Cancer

The adoption of Medicaid expansion led to earlier diagnoses of colon cancer for Medicaid patients, lessening one ...

AUGUST 10, 2021

High-Risk Features in Stage II Colon Cancer Portend Worse Survival Than Stage III Disease

A new analysis suggests that patients with multiple high-risk features in the presence of stage II colon cancer ...

JULY 29, 2021

Immunoscore Validated for Colon Cancer

New research validates the Immunoscore as a new component of a TNM-Immune classification of colorectal cancer.

MARCH 26, 2019

Incidence of Colorectal Cancer Rises in Gen X and Millennials

More Americans in their 20s and 30s are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, even as the incidence of the ...

APRIL 10, 2017

‘Enhanced Recovery’ Protocol Superior for Colon Cancer Surgery

A multi-institutional controlled study has shown the efficacy of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol ...

DECEMBER 8, 2016

New Studies Fuel Debate on Increased Colonoscopy

For years, there has been debate over how to screen first-degree relatives of patients diagnosed with colorectal ...

JANUARY 15, 2016