A new study published in the journal of BMC Surgery showed that robotic surgery for rectal cancer exhibits oncological and ...

Studies were included if all patients were aged 18 years or older, were undergoing surgery for rectal cancer, had robotic or laparoscopic resection, had a comparison between the types of surgery ...

CONCLUSION: A patient’s prognosis is predicted by applying a classification of macroscopic completeness on a rectal resection specimen. We conclude that pathologists are able to judge the quality of ...

whether your cancer is in the low, middle or high part of the rectum how far it has grown or spread (the stage) - for rectal cancers, doctors use the TNM staging system Total mesorectal excision (TME) ...

To better understand the optimal approach for these patients, Lai and colleagues analyzed data from 3792 individuals undergoing curative resection for locally advanced rectal cancer between ...

Background: Abdominoperineal resection (APR) remains the surgical procedure of choice for low rectal cancer. Historically, it has been associated with high rates of postoperative haemorrhage, ...

Endoscopic resection to remove a small part of the bowel lining A surgeon or specialist doctor uses a long flexible tube (colonoscope) to remove just the cancer and a border of healthy tissue around ...

Laparoscopic resection of colorectal cancer is widely used. However, robust evidence to conclude that laparoscopic surgery and open surgery have similar outcomes in rectal cancer is lacking. A ...

Anal cancer and rectal cancer both begin in areas of the lower digestive tract. However, they are two separate types of cancer. Learn more about the differences.

Three of the 12 lymph nodes removed during surgery tested positive, so Wendling’s rectal cancer was declared Stage 3. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he had a rocky hospital stay.