Traditionally, rectal cancer surgery has involved either a low anterior resection ... or an abdominoperineal resection where surgeons will remove the anus, rectum and part of the sigmoid colon and ...

sigmoid, or cecum), or not irradiated (remainder of colon). A total of 30,552 men received radiation, and 55,263 underwent surgery alone; 1437 patients developed colorectal cancer during a mean ...

James Van Der Beek has colorectal cancer ... (the sigmoid), in the ascending colon and finally, more rarely, in the transverse and descending colon, the part closest to the rectum. Surgery ...

A barium enema demonstrated obstruction in the sigmoid to be complete. At operation on February 17 ... the relation of polyps to cancer, and the need for everyone to think of polyps as possibly ...

Technology has revolutionised the success of surgical outcomes. The increasing role of robotics and AI in surgery is in full ...

* Instructor in surgery, Tufts College Medical School; chief of Tumor Clinic, New England Medical Center. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.

The extension of the myotomy onto the gastric wall (clearly the most critical and challenging part of the operation ... A dilated, sigmoid esophagus may be present in patients with long-standing ...

Proctosigmoiditis: This affects the last section of the colon (sigmoid colon) and the rectum ... with an increased risk of flare-ups and the development of colorectal cancer. Non-steroidal ...

With a comedic tone and reflective perspective, Diné and Hopi comedian and motivational speaker James Junes delivered the Native American Heritage Month Keynote Nov. 13 in the Lory Student Center’s ...