Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Rectal cancer is cancer that originates ...

New Research Shows It’s Safe to Watch and Wait Before Surgery To Remove Rectum. Rectal cancer research at MSK and elsewhere shows that watch and wait for localized rectal cancer appears to be just as ...

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 ...

Surgical Approaches for Distal Rectal Cancer. Sphincter-saving surgery is usually feasible as part of TME for patients with tumors in the mid and upper rectum. ... The study analyzed outcomes for 67 ...

PD-1 immunotherapy can eliminate the need for surgery in patients with early-stage, DNA mismatch repair-deficient solid cancers, according to results presented by Andrea Cercek, MD, at the AACR ...