The large intestine includes four sections: the sigmoid colon, which connects the colon to the rectum; the descending colon, which runs down the left side of your body; the transverse colon ...

They will insert the sigmoidoscope through the rectum and pass it into your sigmoid colon. The doctor will use a small amount of air to expand the colon to see the colon walls. You may feel mild ...

Griffin was 44 when doctors discovered that a 4.3-centimeter tumor had broken through the wall of her sigmoid colon, the part of the large intestine that connects to the rectum. The Hamilton ...