The following is a summary of “Characteristics and role of surgery in nonagenarians with colorectal cancer: SEER database ...

These findings are very important for patients with early-stage dMMR tumors because it’s likely they do not need surgery or radiation if they are treated first with immunotherapy for a sufficient ...

In the 20% of non-rectal cancer patients who still needed surgery post-therapy, researchers saw that the immunotherapy often shrunk the tumor and even lowered the stage classifications of some of ...

In 20% of non-rectal cancer patients who still needed surgery post-therapy, researchers saw that the immunotherapy often shrank the tumor and even lowered the stage classifications of some of the ...

All 49 patients with early stage rectal cancer who received six months of immunotherapy were able to avoid surgery. "And it's after six months of treatment, their tumors were completely gone ...

Inspired by success in dMMR rectal cancer, researchers asked: could surgery also be avoided in other early-stage dMMR tumors? If effective, this strategy could spare patients invasive procedures ...

Kelly Spill didn’t cry when she was diagnosed with stage III rectal ... not only advanced rectal cancer but other cancer types too, allowing patients to avoid surgery and other types of more ...

Three of the 12 lymph nodes removed during surgery tested positive, so Wendling’s rectal cancer was declared Stage 3 ... getting his symptoms evaluated early,” Kalady said.