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 ...

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 ...

A new treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer shows favourable results in that surgery can sometimes be avoided completely. It also reduces the risk of recurrence. The method has been ...

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 ...

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 ...

But in some cases, a rectal tumor is too close to the muscle to save it. In that case, you’ll need a colostomy. It’s rare to need a colostomy after colon cancer surgery. But about 1 in 8 ...

Although rectal cancer is a life-threatening disease, it is highly curable in its early stages. Depending on the location and state of the cancer, surgery may be required. To avoid life-altering ...

A new treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer shows favorable results in that surgery can sometimes be avoided completely. It also reduces the risk of recurrence. The method has been ...

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 ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive surgery that can carry lifelong side effects, new research indicates. The findings, from UVA Cancer Center ...