Although rectal cancer is a life-threatening disease, it is highly curable in its early stages. Depending on the location and state of the cancer, surgery may be required. To avoid life-altering ...

But though millennials born around 1990 are at almost twice the risk of colon cancer compared with people born in the 1950s, and have a risk of rectal cancer that is four times as high, young ...

A new study found that the immunotherapy treatment worked against some types of cancers, allowing patients to avoid surgery and other types of more invasive treatment to cure their disease.

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 ...

The result was stunning, and could bring hope to the limited cohort of patients contending with these cancers. In 49 of the patients, who had rectal cancer, the tumors disappeared and, after five ...

Two people are walking from Robert Moses to Montauk to raise awareness and donations to battle colorectal cancer. "Mission to Montauk" is a five-day, 80-mile beach walk.