Chemotherapy is a vital treatment for people with all forms of cancer. It's a process that uses drugs designed to kill, ...

Ilson, MD, PhD CHICAGO — Administering modified FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy before ... A move toward total neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer has been driven by enhanced rates of therapy delivery ...

Pelvic radiation plus sensitizing chemotherapy with a fluoropyrimidine (chemoradiotherapy) before surgery is standard care for locally advanced rectal cancer in North America. Whether neoadjuvant ...

Patients with localized rectal cancer classified as low risk can skip neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) with an acceptably low risk of local relapse, new research suggests. A prospective study ...

Palliative chemotherapy is given when colorectal cancer has spread ... also used as adjuvant therapy or neoadjuvant therapy with radiation in people who have rectal cancers. You might get ...

Sometimes it isn’t possible for people with advanced ovarian cancer to have primary debulking surgery (PDS). Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has become more popular since 2010, and after several trials ...

Toxicity was observed during radiotherapy and chemotherapy ... NAR (short for neoadjuvant rectal cancer) scores, and pathological staging. Fewer sensory problems were reported compared to previous ...

Patients also demonstrated improved swallowing, an important characteristic influencing quality of life in oropharyngeal cancer survivors. The authors conclude that neoadjuvant ICI and chemotherapy ...