Recently, I operated on a 76-year-old woman for bowel obstruction. At laparotomy, I found a 2.5-cm tumor, 5 cm from the ileocecal valve with no macroscopic metastases or suspicious nodes. This was ...

There is hope that the need for colectomy may be reduced or delayed in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) as result of improved efficacy with treatment options made available in recent years, ...

For the 907,000 Americans with ulcerative colitis, living with symptoms like urgent bowel movements, abdominal cramps, and loose or bloody stools can be overwhelming, but treatments can help keep ...

A 65-year-old female has a left hemicolectomy for cancer. On postoperative day seven she develops a temperature of 39.2 C. Physical exam shows clear lungs, no evidence of wound or line infections, and ...

Phase Ib study of regorafenib (rego) and PF-03446962 (PF) in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) (REGAL).

12% of people with ulcerative colitis need surgery to have their colon removed (colectomy). Most of those have an ileo-anal pouch surgically constructed from their small bowel, which means that they ...