Extra scan spotted my cancer' Louise Duffield ... an enhanced mammogram and a fast MRI scan, detected 17-19 cancers per 1,000 women screened. Both techniques use injections to make blood vessels ...

A new trial of patients with advanced rectal cancer has found that the addition of immunotherapy treatment alongside extended radiotherapy led to better rates of remission. The findings from the ...

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The immunotherapy protocol successfully treated 100% of rectal cancer patients involved in the trial. "My husband, Tommy, and I were preparing for the worst," recalled Maureen Sideris, who was ...

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 ...

A new study, co-led by Yale researchers and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, found that high resolution micro-ultrasound, or microUS, is just as effective for ...

That's when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer that had spread to her lymph nodes at Massachusetts General. “In an odd way, it was a relief because I knew I wasn’t crazy, and I felt ...

A retrospective study of patients with distal rectal cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has found a higher rate of local recurrence after intersphincteric resection with handsewn ...

At 35, Katie Dutton is already a rectal cancer survivor, an ordeal that started with seemingly benign symptoms doctors initially dismissed. She was told to change her diet and was treated for ...

A rainbow sidewalk in the heart of Des Moines' East Village is getting some extra time in the sun ... nonprofit behind the sidewalk painting. The mural will remain the same, but will soon ...

Dr. Garcia-Aguilar and the colorectal service at MSK are experts at the watch and wait approach to rectal cancer treatment ... then carefully monitored with a variety of tests including MRI and ...

Rectal cancer diagnoses account for nearly one-third of colorectal cancers, and more than 46,000 adults in the U.S. are estimated to be diagnosed with this disease in 2024.