Rectal cancer is relatively common, with about 46,220 new cases diagnosed in the United States each year (27,330 in men and 18,890 in women), according to the American Cancer Society.

Physicians disagree on watch-and-wait vs. surgery for rectal cancer Physicians are divided over two prostate cancer treatment protocols: the watch-and-wait approach and surgery.

Total neoadjuvant treatment using short-course radiotherapy and four CAPOX cycles in locally advanced rectal cancer with high-risk criteria for recurrence: a Swedish nationwide cohort study (LARCT ...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- 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 ...

New Research Shows It’s Safe to Watch and Wait Before Surgery To Remove Rectum Rectal cancer research at MSK and elsewhere shows that watch and wait for localized rectal cancer appears to be just as ...

Upfront chemotherapy and radiotherapy may help reduce the need for surgery in patients with locally advanced rectal surgery, according to recent research. Not only can this treatment method decrease ...

Studies were included if all patients were aged 18 years or older, were undergoing surgery for rectal cancer, had robotic or laparoscopic resection, had a comparison between the types of surgery ...

City of Hope's DINOMITE trial has a primary goal of determining the side effect profile and most effective dose of papaverine when given with radiation therapy to patients with rectal cancer that ...