The cancer is growing in your prostate, but hasn’t yet spread beyond it. In most cases, the tumor can’t be felt during a digital rectal exam ... has not spread outside the prostate.

Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD (seated) with nurse Kieran Kelleher BSN-RN. Dr. Garcia-Aguilar and the colorectal service at MSK are experts at the watch and wait approach to ...

A retrospective study of patients with distal rectal cancer ... the tumor involves the external sphincter complex, the distal margin is inadequate, preoperative sphincter function is poor, or if the ...

Kelly Spill didn’t cry when she was diagnosed with stage III rectal cancer at ... of a human solid tumor by chemotherapy. But in more recent years, there has been a “growing body of evidence ...

A doctor may also classify certain prostate cancers as very high risk if they exhibit certain traits that suggest the tumor may keep growing ... cancer means that the tumor has spread outside ...

When you read about cancer or hear that a friend or loved one has received a cancer diagnosis, it’s natural to be full of questions. Could you have a cancerous tumor somewhere? How long can you ...

How does a person tell the difference between a hemorrhoid and a tumor? Anal cancer and hemorrhoids ... lumps just inside or outside the anus. These lumps may also cause rectal bleeding, pain ...

In approximately half of patients with advanced rectal cancer ... tumor in the perianastomotic region, pelvis, or perineum. The diagnoses were based on clinical, radiological, or pathological ...

Summary of key management of locally advanced rectal cancer guideline ... in the area of the tumor. Note that as outlined in the previous question and response, a subset of the lower risk patients in ...