Now, five years later, not only has Spill carried another baby – giving ... through radiation or surgery.” Spill said she hopes other young adults with rectal cancer ask their providers ...

A mother's womb containing her unborn baby ... cancer would likely spread and pose a risk to her life. But her pregnancy was too far advanced to allow surgeons to perform standard keyhole surgery.

In the 20% of non-rectal cancer patients who still needed surgery post-therapy, researchers saw that the immunotherapy often shrunk the tumor and even lowered the stage classifications of some of ...

Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD (seated) with nurse Kieran Kelleher BSN-RN. Dr. Garcia-Aguilar and the colorectal service at MSK are experts at the watch and wait approach to ...

Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients ...

Christopher Sadowski “Using the standard-of-care treatment of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy to treat rectal cancer is effective,” Cercek said. “But the treatments can leave people ...

Physicians are divided over two prostate cancer treatment protocols: the watch-and-wait approach and surgery. The two strategies were discussed in an Aug. 20 Medscape article. A portion of ...

Maureen Sideris was driving to Maine for a wedding when she realized she couldn’t swallow the sandwich she was having for lunch. The 71-year-old was soon diagnosed with gastroesophageal cancer.