Colon cancer is a leading yet preventable cause of cancer deaths. Screening, especially colonoscopy, is crucial for early ...

The only method that both screens for and prevents colon cancer is the colonoscopy. Colonoscopies are the only complete exam that allows for removal of precancerous polyps from the entire colon.

Colon cancer can be prevented, by early detection and removal of pre-cancerous polyps inside the GI tract. Guidelines recommend that adults 45 to 75 undergo regular screening.

"A person will select the option of sub-total colectomy because the entire colon is at very high risk for cancer," said Dr. Henry Lynch, who discovered Lynch syndrome in the 1960s and is now the ...

According to current guidelines, most people should begin screening for colon cancer at age 45 if they are considered at an average risk for the disease. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ...

Shortly thereafter, doctors removed 3 feet of her colon and 13 lymph nodes. Because the cancer had spread to three of these lymph nodes, Ramsey was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer.