A new trial of patients with advanced rectal cancer has found that the addition of immunotherapy treatment alongside extended radiotherapy led to better rates of remission. The findings from the ...

He thought the May 2023 race was his greatest physical challenge — until he was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer months later at the age of 47. “I eat a healthy diet. I exercise six days a ...

A new blood test was found to detect colon cancer with more than 80% accuracy — and to rule it out for 90% of healthy people. The results were presented at the 2025 American Society of Clinical ...

We report the case of a 65-year-old Caucasian man with a history of hypertension and no family history of colorectal cancer or other malignancies ... Axial and sagittal MRI slices showing a lower ...

Although rectal cancer is a life-threatening disease ... In the first two years, UCSF clinicians perform a flexible sigmoidoscopy, a CT and an MRI of the patient every three months. For the next three ...

Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients ...

Could MRI scans of the bowel help? To find out, Krishnaraj and colleagues looked at data from a prior trial of 277 rectal cancer patients who averaged 58 years of age. They had all had their ...

MRI can predict the risk of rectal cancer reccurring or spreading for patients who have undergone chemotherapy and radiation, new research indicates. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive surgery that can carry lifelong side effects, new research indicates. That information could be extremely ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive surgery that can carry lifelong side effects, new research indicates. The findings, from UVA Cancer Center ...

In addition, hepatic metastases are mainly diagnosed within the first year after surgical resection; more intensive methods such as MRI ... with rectal cancer who underwent curative surgery. Tumour ...