Response to the combination of cetuximab, bevacizumab and irinotecan (cetux/bev/iri) in patients (pts) previously treated with 3rd-line panitumumab, following disease progression on oxaliplatin, ...

Individuals with IBD undergoing colectomy may benefit from surveillance for kidney function. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) undergoing colectomy have higher rates of acute kidney ...

Dear Doctors: My husband is 78 years old. A second colectomy left him with one-fourth of his colon, and he suffers from chronic diarrhea. I’ve read that he should avoid sugar and alcohol, which he won ...

Dear Doctors: My husband is 78 years old. A second colectomy left him with one-fourth of his colon, and he suffers from chronic diarrhea. I’ve read that he should avoid sugar and alcohol, which he won ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

A decade-long national audit of total abdominal colectomy (TAC) for ulcerative colitis in the Republic of Ireland showed no 30-day mortality and an increased adoption of laparoscopy and identified ...

12% of people with ulcerative colitis need surgery to have their colon removed (colectomy). Most of those have an ileo-anal pouch surgically constructed from their small bowel, which means that they ...

ALBANY — Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger is recovering from colectomy surgery at St. Peter’s Hospital to remove a section of his colon after a cancerous polyp discovered during a routine colonoscopy, ...

While most patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) get adequate symptom relief with drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, a minority do not -- either because the medications don't work, or they do ...