Robotic APR shows better short-term outcomes than laparoscopic APR, with lower positive resection margins and conversion rates to open surgery. Robotic APR is associated with longer operation times ...
Neoadjuvant radiotherapy followed by surgery can improve overall survival compared with surgery alone in certain patients with locally advanced rectal cancers, most notably in those with lower rectal ...
In locally recurrent rectal cancer, neoadjuvant chemo-reirradiation plus surgery with IOERT showed no grade 4–5 toxicities ...
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 ...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued today an updated clinical guideline for physicians who use radiation therapy to treat patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. This ...
The treatment of patients with localized rectal cancer is complex and requires input from a multidisciplinary team. Baseline local staging and mismatch repair protein testing are vital to develop ...
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 ...