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2. Radiotherapy alone and Radiotherapy combined with Chemotherapy both Enable Patients to avoid surgery for Rectal Cancer The STAR-TREC study (2) has shown that organ-preserving strategies are ...

Radiotherapy alone and radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy both enable patients to avoid surgery for rectal cancer The STAR-TREC study (2) has shown that organ-preserving strategies are ...

When the Dana Farber Cancer Institute announced that it was opening a new, $1.7 billion, 300-bed inpatient cancer hospital in 2028 along with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, the announcement ...

Patients with secondary rectal cancer (SRC) after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer have shorter survival compared with matched treatment-naïve patients, (1) but factors explaining this gap have ...

Acute toxicity after radiotherapy ... with prostate cancer are living longer than ever, and our goal is to reduce the risk of late toxicities, such as difficulty urinating or rectal bleeding ...

Recent research from the S:CORT team has identified key biomarkers and treatment strategies that predict and enhance effectiveness of radiotherapy in rectal cancer treatment. Patients with ...

It explored rectal cancer management, IMRT use, reasons for nonadoption, total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT), dose fractionation schedules and radiotherapy processes like radiotherapy simulation, target ...

and colleagues examined potential differences in organ preservation in rectal cancer between TNT regimens integrating LCCRT and short-course radiotherapy (SCRT), the latter of which was introduced ...

Organ preservation may be a viable option for select patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, according to ... build upon to optimize systemic and radiotherapy-based treatments to change ...

"This led us to mandate that all rectal cancer patients be treated with short-course radiotherapy, SCRT, without exception, based on evidence from multiple prospective trials showing similar outcomes.