A "groundbreaking" cancer treatment trial by Memorial Sloan Kettering shows immunotherapy alone can eliminate some tumors, offering patients an alternative to chemotherapy and surgery.

Of those patients, 49 had cancer of the rectum, while the rest had other cancers, including of the esophagus, urinary tract and liver. Of the 103 people studied, "80% of them didn't need any ...

The immunotherapy protocol successfully treated 100% of rectal cancer patients involved in the trial, according to reports. Getty Images In all 49 rectal cancer patients, there was no evidence of ...

Rectal cancer kills around 4,100 people in the UK (around 410 in Scotland) every year. Over the last 20 years, the incidence of early-onset rectal cancer has increased by 50.5% in the UK (53.6% in ...

Now, “what we just published shows two things. Those rectal cancer patients remain at 100%, at almost 50 patients responding completely, but it’s durable.

More information: Charles J. Kahi et al, Rectal Location and Postcolonoscopy Colorectal Cancer Outcomes, JAMA Network Open (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.13391 ...

Soon after undergoing scans, Peters learned she had Stage 3 rectal cancer in early summer 2021. “The tumor was right at the top of my rectum, which was why it was causing that increased urgency ...

Three of the 12 lymph nodes removed during surgery tested positive, so Wendling’s rectal cancer was declared Stage 3. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he had a rocky hospital stay.

Early signs of colon cancer include rectal bleeding and changes in bowel movements. Young patients can feel embarrassed to talk about early symptoms such as constipation and diarrhea.

A new report on cancer in the US shows a steady decline in overall deaths from 2001 through 2022. The rate of diagnoses among men fell from 2001 through 2013 and then stabilized through 2021 but ...