A recent study published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the U.S. is declining rapidly overall but curiously increasing among young adults.
Surgeons at the Division of Colorectal Surgery are able to perform procedures that maintain continence, reverse ostomies, and provide other treatment options not available elsewhere.
Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center are conducting a clinical trial to test whether an exercise and diet weight loss program can help overweight colon or rectal cancer survivors reach a healthy body weigh. The National Cancer Institute-funded research study offers nutrition counseling and free membership to a weight loss facility to help women who have had colon or rectal cancer reach a healthy body weight in one year.
