So, in a sense, rectal cancer is worse, because it's very low, many times if it's really low, in order to remove ... section, the treatments will be different. Nancy Kemeny, MD (cont.) Because in ...

I just want to spread awareness,” Bryce Ramsey said, “to get people involved, to get a screening and to listen to their bodies, because if something doesn’t seem right, ...

Gerard White: "Because the cancer was found early, it was localised and hadn’t travelled or spread.  I was spared the need ...

Our surgeon will reconnect the colon (above the section where the tumor was removed) to the anus (sewn or stapled). In most cases, a temporary ostomy is needed, which is closed in three to six months ...

To fix this, your surgeon may perform strictureplasty by cutting the length of the area and stitching it up cross-ways to widen that section ... your entire colon may need to be removed.