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Paige Seifert, an engineer from Denver, Colorado, is now cancer-free after months of brutal treatment that began when doctors ...

In a prospective cohort study, nearly half of the survivors of colorectal cancer reported bowel-related symptoms at 6 months, whereas more than one third still had symptoms at 5 years. Higher dietary ...