CHENNAI: Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat transverse through four tubes — the oesophagus, ...

A new blood test was found to detect colon cancer with more than 80% accuracy — and to rule it out for 90% of healthy people.

Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat passes through four tubes: the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and finally through the large intestine which is also called the ...

During the exam, your doctor can use a small snare in the colonoscope to take tiny samples of your colon for testing, which is called a biopsy. They can also use it to take out abnormal growths ...

Waiting on the results of a biopsy may cause anxiety and stress ... For example, if a colon polyp is found to be cancerous ...

No patient underwent colonoscopy due to immediate postoperative ... endoscopic decompression (12), tube placement (4), lesion biopsy (53), dilatations (5) and finally one patient underwent ...

Note the lesion extends into the inferior vena cava (curved arrow). Ultrasound-guided biopsy of necrotic metastasis from colon cancer. Gray-scale image of the liver shows a primarily fluid-filled ...

In view of the patient’s history of cancer, we decided to perform a biopsy. Examination of the sample confirmed our suspicion that the mass was a metastasis of the known colon cancer.

In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2385, mandating insurance coverage for all colonoscopies for patients exhibiting symptoms of colon cancer or having an existing colon condition ...