A Colonoscopy Shouldn't Be Avoided

When insurance denies coverage of cancer treatment, patients with cancer don’t need to take no for an answer, an expert explained.

Teri Griege completed an Ironman triathlon in 2009, and less than a month later received a stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis. In this episode of Cancer Horizons, she shared her story.

MRIs were able to predict organ preservation and survival with the “watch-and-wait” approach in patients with rectal cancer.

In this episode of the “Cancer Horizons” podcast, a woman living with colorectal cancer who was diagnosed 14 years ago at age 29 discusses what it was like to be the youngest person in the treatment room, and how she found another community of young survivors.

The FDA approved several drugs throughout November for the treatment of diseases including leukemia and biliary tract cancer, in addition to a diagnostic for solid cancers.

With stage 4 colon cancer, I still think about death, but I’ve learned how to live in the present to enjoy each day I have.