In a right colectomy, the surgeon removes the ascending colon, but leaves the ileum. Both surgeries are used to treat the following: Cancer; Noncancerous growths; Areas of swelling (inflammation ...

Almost all untreated patients have colorectal cancer by age 40, therefore some surgical treatment is needed. Here's how FAP is usually managed: Total colectomy with anastomosis of the ileum with ...

Or your doctor might tell you the number stage of your neuroendocrine cancer. Number staging systems use the TNM system to divide cancers into stages. Most types of cancer have 4 stages, numbered from ...

Cancer that starts here is called small bowel cancer. The small bowel is between 4 and 6 metres long and is made up of 3 parts. The: duodenum (dew-oh-dean-um) – the top part of the small bowel, which ...

A 61-year-old woman had a colonoscopy because of a positive result from a fecal occult blood test. Endoscopic examination of the terminal ileum showed multiple polypoid lesions.