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

Dutton officially found out she had S tage 3B rectal cancer on Black Friday in November 2023. She was just 33 years old. “Part of me was relieved because I think the waiting and the not knowing ...

References: Omer DM, Shah F, Luthra A, et al. Clinical and genomic characterization of secondary rectal cancer after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(3):e251039. doi:10. ...

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 ...

Dutton officially found out she had S tage 3B rectal cancer on Black Friday in November 2023. She was just 33 years old. “Part of me was relieved because I think the waiting and the not knowing ...

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 ...

The three-year study followed 3,508 patients with stage I through III colon or rectal cancer who had undergone surgery. In a double-blind trial, participants were randomly assigned to receive ...

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.

Currently, cancers with this genetic mutation are typically treated with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Dr. Andrea Cercek and her team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center completed a ...

Even though rectal bleeding is alarming, doctors say patients are ashamed to mention it, delaying colon cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Iona “Fox” Woolmington was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2020 and had to use an stoma bag while her body healed. To better understand it, she made a comic.