An Israeli woman has delivered a healthy baby after undergoing a rare procedure that involved relocating her uterus to preserve her fertility during cancer treatments. The operation — performed only a ...

Nearly 53,000 Americans are expected to die of colorectal cancer this year, making it one of the deadliest cancers in the US.

New Research Shows It’s Safe to Watch and Wait Before Surgery To Remove Rectum Rectal cancer research at MSK and elsewhere shows that watch and wait for localized rectal cancer appears to be just as ...

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network mirrored the definition when, for the first time, it recommended watch-and-wait as an option for near-complete response in its 2023 rectal cancer guidelines.

Young Americans born in 1990 now face a fourfold higher rectal cancer risk than those born in 1950. Discover the lifestyle factors and health disparities fueling this trend.

In total, they reviewed outcomes from 277 patients, with an average age of 58, who had the stage of their rectal cancer determined by MRI. The average length of the follow-up period was slightly ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, affecting millions of people each year. Surgery is often the primary treatment, but up to 50% of patients experience cancer ...

Rectal cancer is typically treated at first with radiation and chemotherapy, but some patients require what is known as "total mesorectal excision" – the removal of a substantial portion of ...

Verheij FS, Omer DM, Williams H, et al. Long-term results of organ preservation in patients with rectal adenocarcinoma treated with total neoadjuvant therapy: the randomized phase II OPRA trial. J ...