Most adults should start colon cancer screening at age 45. That applies when there is no family history, no prior polyps, and no known bowel condition. Some people need to start earlier. A parent diagnosed in their fifties, years of ulcerative colitis, or a confirmed...
Colon cancer and rectal cancer are not the same disease. Both fall under the colorectal label but they develop in different parts of the large intestine and require different treatment approaches. Colon cancer forms anywhere along the upper 1.5 metres of the large...
If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with colon cancer, you have probably heard terms like chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. A few years ago, most patients received the same type of chemotherapy regardless of their cancer’s individual...
Early symptoms of colorectal cancer include persistent changes in bowel habits, blood in stool, abdominal cramping that doesn’t ease, unexplained weight loss, and ongoing fatigue. These signs often appear gradually and get mistaken for everyday digestive issues...
HIPEC (Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy) is a specialized, two-step cancer treatment. First, surgeons perform cytoreductive surgery to remove all visible tumors within the abdomen. Second, they circulate heated chemotherapy drugs directly into the abdominal...
