“The trade-off between [neoadjuvant radiotherapy] use and diverting stoma nonreversal may not be justified for upper rectal cancer, emphasizing the importance of considering tumor height when ...

Patients who did not receive radiotherapy (RT) during the follow-up period after surgery for rectal cancer were found to have a significantly higher quality of life (QOL) compared with patients ...

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 ...

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Further treatment was planned in February 2024, which had to be delayed as he suffered back and abdominal pain, and he was ...

The 55-year-old, who lived in Chaucer Avenue, Willenhall, was receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy and was discharged on July 8 but re-admitted four days later with abdominal, bowel and pelvic ...

The geographical and socioeconomic disparities in radiotherapy facilities within India could result in patients experiencing both extremes of quality of care. 10, 11 To improve rectal cancer ...

Dose-escalated moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy, however, was associated with significantly higher odds of experiencing late grade ≥ 2 (OR, 1.48) and late grade ≥ 3 (OR, 1.80 ...

The finding is from a study that included 247,250 patients with prostate cancer receiving prostate RT (intensity-modulated RT, stereotactic body RT, brachytherapy, or proton therapy) across 3132 ...