Robotic surgery lowers recurrence and boosts recovery in rectal cancer patients, shows landmark Chinese trial published in ...

tested extended pre-surgical radiotherapy regimens, both short-course and long-course periods, used in addition to immunotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (patients with ...

and the rate of readmission within 30 days postoperatively between the two surgical approaches. Robotic surgery demonstrated certain advantages in reducing conversion rates and improving pathological ...

Patients with secondary rectal cancer after prostate cancer radiation therapy may have worse survival than patients with primary rectal cancer. Secondary rectal cancer after prostate cancer ...

Moreover, NATCAN supports collaboration between cancer centres that potentially performed worse and other centres that seem to perform consistently better than expected despite similar constraints, 24 ...

Colorectal cancer stands as the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in US men and the fourth leading cause in US women, according to the American Cancer Society. This year, over 150,000 ...

These findings suggest a move towards less invasive and potentially less morbid surgical approaches in gynecologic ... preserving tissue integrity during cancer surgery. In a recent report ...

Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology at MSK. “Our results suggest that trying to save the anal sphincter in patients with distal rectal cancer whose tumors do not respond to neoadjuvant therapy may ...

BOSTON, MA – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is pleased to announce its Rectal Cancer Program ... Being a Surgical Quality Partner signifies an institution’s dedication to consistently ...

Organ-sparing treatments offer alternatives to surgery, preserving quality of life for patients with specific genetic mutations in cancers like rectal and bladder cancer ... Organ-sparing approaches ...

Dr. Garcia-Aguilar and the colorectal service at MSK are experts at the watch and wait approach to rectal cancer treatment, which can preserve a patient's quality of life by avoiding surgical removal ...