Appendicitis is widely known to be associated with colon cancer. Consider a 2020 meta-analysis finding that appendicitis increases the risk of colon cancer 10 fold. It is now standard practice for ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen Colbert is away from late-night TV following emergency surgery last week — the comedian's appendix burst. That made us wonder: What does the appendix do for our body?

KIRO 7 He claims doctors were unable to locate his appendix and ended up removing a part of his lower colon instead. A CT scan two days later revealed the inflamed appendix was still there ...

The lower GI tract is made up of most of your small intestine and all of your large intestine, which includes your colon, rectum, and anal canal. Read on to learn more about the appendix ...

People mistakenly refer to the colon as the large intestine, but it is only one section of the large intestine. The other sections are the appendix, cecum, and rectum. In healthy people ...

However, most colonoscopy screenings don’t result ... difficult polyps that are scarred or polyps extending inside the appendiceal orifice or inside a diverticulum. Many people put off screening ...

However, some people may have an appendix that lies behind the colon. Appendicitis that occurs in these people can cause lower back pain or pelvic pain. Appendicitis usually causes a fever between ...

Billy Weeks, who underwent a routine colonoscopy without any symptoms, was diagnosed with cancer in his appendix. "I thought it was just maybe an infection to make an abnormality." Weeks said.