Colon cancer diagnosis involves colonoscopy, imaging, and blood tests, with staging guiding treatment decisions. Stage 1 treatment typically involves surgery, while stage 2 may include chemotherapy ...

A physician assistant with no symptoms and a clear colonoscopy was three years from her next screening. A blood test found ...

Q: My friend was just diagnosed with colon cancer, and they said it's stage IIIB. What does that mean? How do doctors figure out the stage? A: When someone is diagnosed with colon cancer, one of the ...

Stage 3 colon cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or through the wall of your colon. Doctors commonly treat it with surgery followed by chemotherapy. The most common staging system for colon cancer ...

Staging means finding out how far colon cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group colon cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shambi Broome had virtually no symptoms of colon cancer. She got a colonoscopy when she reached the annual screening age, lowered ...

24-year-old Meagan Meadows was diagnosed with stage-3 colon cancer shortly after she graduated with a master's degree and started her career as a teacher.Courtesy of Meagan Meadows Meagan Meadows had ...

Meagan Meadows had just started student teaching with a freshly minted master's degree in education when something in her toilet got her attention. She almost didn't notice it at first. Meadows, who's ...