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 ...

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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 ...

A subset of rectal cancer is caused by ... weighted and diffusion-weighted MRI of the rectum, endoscopic visualization, and digital rectal examination. Overall response was defined in the protocol ...

A recent drug trial administered to a handful of cancer patients had the surprising ... showed no evidence of a tumor after receiving an MRI, rectal examination and biopsy. A Memorial Sloan ...

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 ...

"While longer follow-up is needed to assess response duration, this is practice-changing for patients with MMRd locally advanced rectal cancer," said study co-leader Dr. Luis Diaz Jr., head of the ...

it recommended watch-and-wait as an option for near-complete response in its 2023 rectal cancer guidelines. The group also added a few MRI requirements. UCSF offers the watch-and-wait option to ...

New cancer research ... "This is a very significant response, and the results were even better than we had hoped." Based on the results of the original trial with rectal patients, the ...