Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients have a ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro came out of a seven-hour-long surgery Monday during which doctors removed the colostomy bag put into place after he was stabbed in a campaign ...
“We can’t keep taking sections out of your gut and suturing you back together. It’s time to discuss ostomy surgery,” my doctor said. I was 34. My reaction was ...
Comparison of long-term survival outcomes of operative versus nonoperative management of recurrent rectal cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...
Rachel Higgins had surgery to close her anus and divert her stool through a hole in her abdomen. Since getting a colostomy bag, she said she's been able to eat more and live a normal life. She said ...
Jessica Grossman was faced with a difficult choice when she was 13 years old. "I was so sick that my intestines were basically septic and the doctors gave me the option to have ostomy surgery," she ...
Doctors treating people with rectal cancers always hope they can avoid surgery, since that can lead to a lifelong reliance on colostomy New research suggests that MRI can be a powerful tool in ...
A new LOCAL online community built for you. Click now to see all the available groups. Doctors treating people with rectal cancers always hope they can avoid surgery, since that can lead to a lifelong ...
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