For instance, a permanent colostomy may be necessary due to colon cancer or if a large part of the colon is removed. A colostomy is an inpatient procedure. You’ll stay in the hospital for ...

Steven Register, an Alabama father battling stage 4 cancer, finds hope in a liver transplant donated from a high school ...

Cancer incidence rates among members of Generation X were two to three times higher than among people born in the 1940s, according to the study, which was published Monday in the Annals of Internal ...

This allows feces to exit the body, which may be necessary in people with complications from inflammatory bowel disease or colorectal cancer. Waste from the bowels collects in an ostomy bag that ...

For that, a colorectal surgeon will create what's called a stoma — a small hole in the abdomen about the size of a quarter that allows a tube to run from your small intestine into the ostomy bag.

Former Auburn University pitcher Steven Register will receive a liver transplant in early June, thanks to former high school ...

There’s a worrying trend in the cancer world with young adults getting cancer at higher rates, and scientists don’t know why.

As scientists question the rise in early colon cancer cases, a new study is offering some potential answers. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (center ...