Colon cancer diagnosis involves colonoscopy, imaging, and blood tests, with staging guiding treatment decisions. Stage 1 treatment typically involves surgery, while stage 2 may include chemotherapy ...

The new Sassun-Mayo staging system, which integrates tumor deposit and lymph node counts, improves prognostic accuracy for patients with colon cancer compared with the standard American Joint ...

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

Tumor deposits are a significant prognostic factor in colorectal cancer, yet underutilized in N-staging. Ten novel models incorporating tumor deposits showed improved prognostic performance over the ...

Managing Pain and Discomfort While Deciding on a Course of Treatment Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Stage 4 colon cancer, also known as metastatic colon cancer, is an advanced cancer that ...

Cancer is still the most common cause of death for men in the US ages 60 to 79 and women ages 40 to 79. For all adults combined, cancer is the second most common cause of death (after heart disease).

Colorectal cancer refers to cancers of the colon and rectum, which are both a part of the large intestine. Getty Images Normally, we prefer our bowels to keep it low-key. But experts say that silence ...

The results of the phase 3 ATOMIC trial fired another volley in the ongoing debate over adjuvant vs neoadjuvant immunotherapy for patients with locally advanced colon cancer. But experts are divided ...