Rectal cancer chemoradiotherapy is tied to an increased risk for second nonpelvic cancers but not second pelvic cancers.

“The trade-off between [neoadjuvant radiotherapy] use and diverting stoma nonreversal may not be justified for upper rectal cancer, emphasizing the importance of considering tumor height when ...

A stunning clinical trial has delivered results that doctors rarely see. Every single patient in the study saw their rectal ...

Another approach to rectal cancer treatment at MSK found that some patients who need to undergo surgery can be spared radiation. In a clinical trial involving more than 1,100 people with rectal cancer ...

New cancer research pioneered by Memorial Sloan Kettering points to a strong alternative to chemotherapy, surgery and radiation for some forms of cancer. Nearly 80% of patients who suffered from a ...

Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Omission of Radiotherapy or Not? The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this manuscript. All relationships are ...

Total neoadjuvant treatment using short-course radiotherapy and four CAPOX cycles in locally advanced rectal cancer with high-risk criteria for recurrence: a Swedish nationwide cohort study (LARCT ...

Patients who did not receive radiotherapy (RT) during the follow-up period after surgery for rectal cancer were found to have a significantly higher quality of life (QOL) compared with patients ...

We continue to monitor them for years. If rectal cancer does come back, we operate and surgically remove the rectum.” For patients who do end up needing surgery, says Dr. Garcia-Aguilar, “the outcome ...

“The first study we published in 2022 showed that we could do this in rectal cancer patients whose tumors had the mismatch repair-deficiency mutation, and what was remarkable there was that 100% ...