For the hundreds of thousands of people who undergo sphincter-preserving surgery for rectal cancer each year, saving the ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in combination with chemotherapy on Oct. 8 as an ...

A multicenter Japanese study of 135 patients shows robot-assisted pelvic exenteration for advanced rectal cancer achieved 98 percent complete resection with dramatically lower blood loss and no 30-day ...

When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think "surgery." And it's true that surgery plays a central role in treatment for ...

Patients with a specific type of bowel cancer who were treated with a short course of immunotherapy before surgery instead of post-op chemotherapy have remained cancer-free after almost three years of ...

I was hospitalized for the first time in my life for colon cancer surgery—it was okay to say, 'I'm scared'In my previous ...

A UK trial swapped standard chemotherapy for a short course of pembrolizumab, and none of the 32 patients has relapsed.

Colon cancer diagnosis involves colonoscopy, imaging, and blood tests, with staging guiding treatment decisions. Stage 1 treatment typically involves surgery, while stage 2 may include chemotherapy ...

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)—genetic material shed from tumors into the bloodstream—may help risk-stratify patients with Stage 3 colon cancer by tailoring chemotherapy options after surgery based on ...

Laparoscopic or ‘keyhole’ surgery is a safe, effective way of removing bowel tumours and should be offered to all patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer, according to researchers from the ...

Woman survived colon cancer three times after being diagnosed in her teens, 20s and 30s. She shares her symptoms and how ...

These Detroit, MI hospitals are evaluated on how well they perform Colon Cancer Surgery using data such as nurse staffing, patient volume, patient survival and more. Hospitals are rated as high ...