Incidence rates for anal cancer in the United States: 1980-2009. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not include a full text component ...

August 29, 2012 — Early elective surgery for sigmoid volvulus should be encouraged because it is associated with lower morbidity and mortality, as well as a lower incidence of recurrence, than ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery was found to be more effective in harvesting lymph nodes compared with conventional surgery with similar outcomes. Surgery is the most prevalent treatment for colon ...

Abdominoperineal resection: usually performed for a lower rectal or anal cancer. Involves the surgical removal of the anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon, along with associated lymph nodes, resulting in ...

Modified FOLFOX6 plus bevacizumab followed by FOLFIRI plus bevacizumab beyond first progression in advanced colorectal cancer: CCOG-0801 study. A phase I/II study of biweekly XELIRI plus bevacizumab ...

Q: I was diagnosed with diverticulitis, which caused a bowel perforation. I had a sigmoidectomy, no problem, and a resection. Now I'm dealing with constant and urgent diarrhea, as well as some ...

THE purpose of this paper is to advocate a more aggressive attitude toward the surgical treatment of diverticulitis of the colon, which in the past has usually been withheld until after complications ...