The study, published in the journal Molecular Cancer, utilized liquid chromatography ... across seven subsites of the colorectum: the cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon ...

1 Department of Surgery and Cancer, St Marys Hospital ... over conventional left lateral positioning in unselected patients. Results Time to reach cecum was longer for patients randomised to start ...

When the twisting happens here, it is called sigmoid volvulus. Less frequently, the twisting occurs in the cecum, which is the pouch that connects the small and large intestines and ascending colon.