CHENNAI: Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat transverse through four tubes — the oesophagus, ...

The NHS doesn’t offer bowel screening until we’re 50. Yet with cancer rates rising, it may be worth forking out for a private test ...

During a colonoscopy, if abnormal growths, called polyps, are found, they can be removed. Most are benign but will be tested to see if they contain cancer cells. Also, tell your doctor if you have ...

A new blood test was found to detect colon cancer with more than 80% accuracy — and to rule it out for 90% of healthy people.

Here rsquo;s all you need to know about colonoscopy, a test to diagnose the problems of the large intestine Ever wondered how ...

Colorectal cancer is a catch-all term to define any cancer found in the ... to remove the cancerous polyp. Surgery to remove part or all of the colon is a colectomy. During this procedure, a ...

Sundance: An ad executive creates the greatest campaign of his life with this funny and motivating documentary about his terminal colon cancer diagnosis.

Patients with colon cancer who still have cancer cells in their blood after surgery may improve their survival odds with ...

Much to Carol's delight it was found that her tumour was benign ... of symptoms that they cause and it is usually only during a colonoscopy that they are discovered. But, in rare instances, larger ...