Sharon Osbourne was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2002 and hit a wall during her chemotherapy treatment - until her husband ...

Colon Cancer Stages The stage depends on: How deep the cancer has spread through the wall of your colon Whether the cancer has spread to lymph nodes around your colon Whether the cancer has spread to ...

Colorectal cancer screening and early detection can save lives. Anxiety about the process — or pushback from a doctor — shouldn't be barriers to getting tested.

Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Rectal cancer is cancer that originates in the tissues of the rectum. This type of cancer is sometimes referred to ...

Tumor deposits negatively impact colon cancer survival, but the AJCC tumor, lymph node, and metastasis (TNM) staging system only considers these deposits in the absence of positive lymph nodes.

Types of Surgery to Treat Colon Cancer There is a range of surgeries for colon cancer — from removing a single small polyp to taking out a large section of the colon. At Fred Hutch Cancer Center, our ...

Background: Colon cancer is the third most common cancer globally and a leading cause of cancer death. Accurate prognosis prediction, crucial for reducing mortality, is influenced by lymph node ...

Shortly thereafter, doctors removed 3 feet of her colon and 13 lymph nodes. Because the cancer had spread to three of these lymph nodes, Ramsey was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer.