A hemicolectomy is a surgical procedure involving the removal of a segment of the colon. A hemicolectomy may help treat colon cancer and bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease or severe ...

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 ...

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).

Vitamin A deficiency, a known complication after small bowel bypass surgery, is rare after large bowel bypass surgery. We report a case of Bitot spots on the conjunctiva secondary to vitamin A ...

Increasing RAS mutation result availability in newly diagnosed patients with metastatic colorectal cancer by their first outpatient medical oncology clinic visit at a large safety net hospital. This ...