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...
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...
Sphincter-saving surgery is a rectal cancer procedure that removes the tumour while preserving the anal sphincter, letting patients keep natural bowel control instead of needing a permanent stoma. The technique covers low anterior resection, ultra-low anterior...
Robotic surgery delivers measurable advantages over open and laparoscopic approaches for most colon cancer cases today. Higher lymph node yield, lower intraoperative blood loss and shorter hospital stays show up consistently across randomised trials. The platform...
