Surgery is a common part of colon cancer treatment. Just about every patient diagnosed with stage I-III colon cancer will have surgery at some point. The type of surgery you’ll need depends on the stage of the cancer.
We spoke with colon and rectal cancer surgeon Yi-Qian Nancy You, M.D., about what colon cancer patients should know about surgery.
What types of surgery are used to treat colon cancer?
Typically...
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Nobody ever wants to receive a cancer diagnosis. But when I found out I had poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the cecum — a type of...
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Despite an overall decline in colorectal cancer cases and deaths over the past several decades, Black men...