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Colon Cancer Surgery

Dr. Eduardo Ruan, Gastroenterologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains in a colon cancer surgery, surgeons do an extended resection to get good margins on both sides of healthy tissue. He also says for early stages of cancer, in many cases the surgeries can be done laparoscopically through minimal incisions, which give patients faster recovery times.

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