But sometimes surgery to remove tumors may help a person live longer or manage symptoms. There is a range of surgeries for colon cancer — from removing a single small polyp to taking out a large ...

So, in a sense, rectal cancer is worse, because it's very low, many times if it's really low, in order to remove ... section, the treatments will be different. Nancy Kemeny, MD (cont.) Because in ...

Our surgeon will reconnect the colon (above the section where the tumor was removed) to the anus (sewn or stapled). In most cases, a temporary ostomy is needed, which is closed in three to six months ...