Colonoscopy

Many people come with an impression that cancer is one disease and that chemotherapy is one type of treatment. We know that that is not the case and let's talk today about how the treatment...

>> Well, early...late September, early October I started getting very sharp stomach pains which I ignored initially because you know you get upset stomachs but it didn't go away...

Some I heard, it is really encouraged all newly diagnosed patients to know and recognized is that cancer is a very multilayered disease. There is a lot of facets to it. There is a physical dimension...

I was 43 years old when I was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer. I am married, I have four children and at the time, they range from 16 to 7 years old. This was the last thing I expected. I am a...

Mark F. Kozloff, MD: The surgery for colorectal cancer will differ depending upon the origination site of the colorectal cancer. Cancers of the rectum that are near the anus may need what we call an...

So being diagnosed with colon cancer, it's a pretty scary time for most patients. There is a lot of misinformation out there and there is just a whole lot of information out there and most of...

So, we are living in an incredible exciting time because with developing of new technologies to test the molecular and genetic makeup of tumors has advanced and overrode and overwhelmed us with a lot...

The Oncotype DX colon cancer assay is a test that is done on a patient's colon tumor after the tumor has already come out of the body. At that point we look at the genetic profile using that...

So when you think about people who are at risk for colorectal cancer, short answer is everybody. The long answer is that your risk actually increases after the age of 50. So if you were look at a...