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 ...

Three of the 12 lymph nodes removed during surgery tested positive, so Wendling’s rectal cancer was declared Stage 3. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he had a rocky hospital stay. He spiked a ...

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 ...

Current treatments like surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy can seriously affect quality of life. For example, treating rectal cancer this way can lead to infertility and problems with bowel ...

A groundbreaking study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual meeting has revealed remarkable potential for helping certain cancer patients avoid surgery through ...

Gastrointestinal medical oncologist Andrea Cercek, MD “Using the standard-of-care treatment of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy to treat rectal cancer is effective,” explains Dr. Cercek. “But the ...

New cancer research pioneered by Memorial Sloan Kettering points to a strong alternative to chemotherapy, surgery and radiation for some forms of cancer. Nearly 80% of patients who suffered from a ...