A "groundbreaking" cancer treatment trial by Memorial Sloan Kettering shows immunotherapy alone can eliminate some tumors, offering patients an alternative to chemotherapy and surgery.

The immunotherapy protocol successfully treated 100% of rectal cancer patients involved in the trial. “My husband, Tommy, and I were preparing for the worst,” recalled Maureen Sideris, ...

Rectal cancer makes up around a quarter of bowel cancer deaths. Despite this, treatment options remain limited, particularly for patients who are diagnosed at later stages of the disease.

More information: Charles J. Kahi et al, Rectal Location and Postcolonoscopy Colorectal Cancer Outcomes, JAMA Network Open (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.13391. Provided by Regenstrief ...

Currently, cancers with this genetic mutation are typically treated with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Dr. Andrea Cercek and her team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center completed a ...

I got rectal cancer at 47 — I was fit and healthy except for this one symptom By . Tracy Swartz. Published April 24, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET.

A new study found that the immunotherapy treatment worked against some types of cancers, allowing patients to avoid surgery and other types of more invasive treatment to cure their disease.

Early signs of colon cancer include rectal bleeding and changes in bowel movements. Young patients can feel embarrassed to talk about early symptoms such as constipation and diarrhea.; Normalizing ...

Doctors dismissed them as changes from motherhood. 5 years later, she was diagnosed with rectal cancer. Marisa Peters experienced blood in her stool and an urgency to go starting at 33.

Among patients with mismatch repair–deficient (dMMR), locally advanced rectal cancer, neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade eliminated the need for surgery in a high proportion of patients. Whether ...