The sigmoid colon is instrumental in the final stages of digestion, serving as the last stop before waste is eliminated from the body. Optimizing its function can result in smoother bowel ...

Gallstone ileus of the sigmoid colon is an important, though extremely rare, cause of large bowel obstruction. The gallstone often enters the large bowel through a fistula formation between the ...

72.48%) and fewer sigmoid colon surgery patients (12.20% vs. 27.52%) compared to the LCS group (p = 0.01). The above two groups showed no statistically significant differences in age, gender, LND ...

Dec. 23, 2024 — A research team has developed a groundbreaking technology that can treat colon cancer by converting cancer cells into a state resembling normal colon cells without killing them ...

Design In this single-centre case–control study, sigmoid colon biopsies were obtained from patients with UC with ongoing inflammation (n=36) or in remission (n=28), and from 47 patients without ...

Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also called colorectal cancer. This section is about treatment for colon cancer that hasn't spread to ...

Colon cancer symptoms in women include diarrhea, constipation, unintended weight loss, and bloody stools. While these are the same for anyone with colon cancer, symptoms in women may be misattributed ...

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She did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024. According to her US House biography, Gonzalez-Colon is a "lifelong Republican and activist for Puerto Rican statehood." ...

When these switches were applied to colon cancer cells, the cancer cells reverted to a normal-like state, a result confirmed through molecular and cellular experiments as well as animal studies.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is stratified into four consensus molecular subtypes (CMS1-4) but their distinct molecular profiles remain to be understood. Here the authors model the CRC subtypes with ...