Depending on tumor location, presurgical radiation can improve overall survival, but that option comes with an increased risk ...

as well as establishing total neoadjuvant consolidation chemotherapy as a standard of care for locally advanced rectal cancer. We do not fully agree, however, with the study implication that total ...

Pelvic radiation plus sensitizing chemotherapy with a fluoropyrimidine (chemoradiotherapy) before surgery is standard care for locally advanced rectal cancer in North America. Whether neoadjuvant ...

Ilson, MD, PhD CHICAGO — Administering modified FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy before ... A move toward total neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer has been driven by enhanced rates of therapy delivery ...

Terence M. Williams, MD, PhD, discussed the phase 1 DINOMITE trial of radiation therapy and papaverine in rectal cancer at ...

Palliative chemotherapy is given when colorectal cancer has spread ... also used as adjuvant therapy or neoadjuvant therapy with radiation in people who have rectal cancers. You might get ...

Toxicity was observed during radiotherapy and chemotherapy ... NAR (short for neoadjuvant rectal cancer) scores, and pathological staging. Fewer sensory problems were reported compared to previous ...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation followed by surgical resection of the rectum is a standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer. A subset of rectal cancer is caused by a deficiency ...

Sometimes it isn’t possible for people with advanced ovarian cancer to have primary debulking surgery (PDS). Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has become more popular since 2010, and after several trials ...

A total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) approach is strongly recommended for patients with T3 to T4 and node-positive rectal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant RT. TNT with chemotherapy before or after long ...