Patients with secondary rectal cancer (SRC) after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer have shorter survival compared with matched treatment-naïve patients, but factors explaining this gap have been ...

Vienna, Austria – Rectal cancer is a type of bowel cancer that develops in the last several centimetres of the large intestine, just before the anus. It’s one of the most common cancers in ...

There are 2 types of internal radiotherapy for rectal cancer: high dose rate brachytherapy (HDR) contact x-ray brachytherapy (Papillon) Brachytherapy gives a high dose of radiation to the cancer but ...

Rectal cancer is a type of bowel cancer that develops in the last several centimeters of the large intestine, just before the anus. It’s one of the most common cancers in Europe, with over ...

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer management G. Feeney and others World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019. Volume 25, Issue 33, Pages 4850–4869. Adjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer: a ...

"This led us to mandate that all rectal cancer patients be treated with short-course radiotherapy, SCRT, without exception, based on evidence from multiple prospective trials showing similar outcomes.

The researchers performed a retrospective cross-sectional cohort study based on data from the Norwegian Patient Registry. Patients were eligible if they had a surgery for rectal cancer between ...

Weiser MR, Chou JF, Keshinro A, et al. Development and assessment of a clinical calculator for estimating the likelihood of recurrence and survival among patients with locally advanced rectal cancer ...

Many patients with locally advanced rectal cancer can skip radiotherapy to the pelvic area, and instead be treated with chemotherapy and then surgery, suggest the results from the PROSPECT trial.

Reply to: Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Omission of Radiotherapy or Not? The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this manuscript. All ...

A new treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer shows favourable results in that surgery can sometimes be avoided completely. It also reduces the risk of recurrence. The method has been ...