Depending on tumor location, presurgical radiation can improve overall survival, but that option comes with an increased risk ...

Internal radiotherapy means giving radiotherapy to the cancer from inside the back passage (rectum). It is also called brachytherapy. You might have brachytherapy with other treatments for rectal ...

A new trial of patients with advanced rectal cancer has found that the addition of immunotherapy treatment alongside extended radiotherapy led to better rates of remission.

2. Radiotherapy alone and Radiotherapy combined with Chemotherapy both Enable Patients to avoid surgery for Rectal Cancer The STAR-TREC study (2) has shown that organ-preserving strategies are ...

Patients with secondary rectal cancer (SRC) after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer have shorter survival compared with matched treatment-naïve patients, (1) but factors explaining this gap have ...

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There are 2 types of internal radiotherapy for rectal cancer. High dose rate brachytherapy (HDR) and contact x-ray brachytherapy (Papillon). Internal radiotherapy gives radiotherapy from inside the ...