Managing Pain and Discomfort While Deciding on a Course of Treatment Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Stage 4 colon cancer, also known as metastatic colon cancer, is an advanced cancer that ...
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 ...
Khalil Smith thought he was just training hard and adjusting to college life. It turned out his stabbing stomach pains were a ...
Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life. Dimery, who lives in ...
During Thanksgiving 2013, Emma Dimery, then 23, experienced intense stomach cramps. After a blood test during her annual physical uncovered low hemoglobin levels, she underwent numerous tests and ...
Jenna Scott was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer aged 31 despite being fit and healthy. Misdiagnosed symptoms during pregnancy delayed her cancer diagnosis, complicating treatment. She expects ...
A survivor is sharing the colorectal cancer symptoms she missed in the hopes of helping others. About 150,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with colorectal cancer, which occurs when cells in the ...
Irritable bowel syndrome affects up to 45 million Americans, so when Sarah Beran found herself frequently racing to the bathroom, she assumed she was just another case. The otherwise healthy ...
In 2018, Casandra Costley, then 32, noticed rectal bleeding. But, she thought it was a hemorrhoid and never thought to tell her doctor. “I ignored it. I had some rectal pain as well, which I also ...
“I've gotten to the point where I tell people the truth about how I'm feeling," Jenna Scott, 39, tells PEOPLE Michael Humphrey Photography Doctors diagnosed Georgia mother Jenna Scott with stage 4 ...