From Deseret News archives:
Pres. Hinckley resting
He's in LDS Hospital after colon surgery
Few details regarding President Hinckley's surgery or his condition have been released by church spokesmen. Church officials did say they have received an outpouring of well-wishes for President Hinckley.
Because of federal privacy laws, those caring for him cannot discuss his surgery, how the cancer was detected or what future treatment he might need. But several colon cancer experts not involved with his care talked about the disease and its treatment in general terms.
Colon cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer when it's detected early. The survival rate for stage 1 colon cancer is more than 90 percent, according to Dr. John Ward, medical oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.
Often, though, it is not detected early, and it is the No. 2 cause of cancer deaths in the United States and the third most common form of cancer. This year, about 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with the disease.
Surgery, called a colectomy, is the standard treatment for colon cancer and it's usually performed by general surgeons, according to the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Laparoscopic colon surgery was introduced about 15 years ago and is used because it offers a quicker recovery time, less pain, smaller incisions and a shorter hospitalization, Anderson said. Unlike the traditional "open" abdomen surgery with an incision that may be 12 inches long, the multiple incisions in a laparoscope-assisted surgery range from smaller than an inch to one about 3 inches long through which the piece of cancerous colon is removed.
Traditional colectomy requires five to eight days in the hospital and an at-home recovery of at least six weeks. With laparoscopic surgery, the hospital stay is usually two to four days and individuals can return to work in two or three weeks.
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