Recovery Tips for Patients Who Have Undergone Colon Cancer Surgery

In the United States, more than 600,000 surgical procedures are performed each year to treat various colon diseases, including colon cancer, polyps, and inflammatory bowel diseases. For all stages of colon cancer, surgery is actually the most commonly used treatment.

Depending on the extent of cancer and its location, the type of colon surgery may vary. For example, early colon cancers and most polyps may be removed during colonoscopy, where polyps are cut off the wall of the colon with an electric current or a local excision is made to remove small cancer cells located on the internal …read more