The exam revealed that she had a 5-centimeter polyp in her sigmoid colon, the section of the colon that connects to the rectum. Shortly thereafter, doctors removed 3 feet of her colon and 13 lymph ...

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Ureterosigmoidostomy. This surgery connects your ureters to the last part of your large intestine (sigmoid colon). The urine leaves your body with your stool (poop). This procedure isn't common ...

Piper Perabo (Yellowstone) has been tapped for a recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy in Season 21, Deadline has confirmed. Perabo will appear in a multi-episode arc portraying Jenna Gatlin ...

The winner felt like "a class above…for a lower price point." On the agenda: But first: We have to talk about colon cancer. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Business Insider ...

“Grey’s Anatomy” alum Eric Dane announced he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) just weeks after calling off his divorce from Rebecca Gayheart. “I have been diagnosed ...

Jamie Comer says if guidelines had allowed her to get screened for colon cancer sooner, maybe she would have avoided a "death sentence" A woman who was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer has ...

“Colon cancer is the third most common cancer,” said Kyle Eliason, “and it’s the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. About 150,000 people are diagnosed each year and out of ...

She had no family history of colon cancer, so she never imagined it would be something so serious. Her primary care physician didn't initially consider cancer either. The doctor referred her to a ...

She referred me to a gastroenterologist. I told him my symptoms. He asked me if there was anyone in my family that had colon cancer, and I told him about my uncle who had died several years prior ...

Katherine Heigl has revealed she has never watched Grey’s Anatomy with her children as she’s worried they’ll ridicule her for some of the show’s more bizarre scenes. The actor, 46 ...