In patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who receive neoadjuvant therapy, radiation dose intensification improves pathologic complete response but leads to a small increase in acute toxicities.

Among patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, concurrent chemoradiotherapy did not significantly increase second pelvic malignancies compared to chemotherapy alone, but it did raise the risk for ...

More young adults are also being diagnosed, according to Yale Medicine and the Cancer Research Institute. According to the ...

A program helped boost attendance rates for radiation therapy among cancer patients. Missed radiation therapy appointments ...

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 ...

CHICAGO – Radiation treatment for pelvic-area cancer can increase women’s risks of breaking a hip later on, a study found. The higher risks were seen in those with anal cancer, rectal cancer or ...

Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD (seated) with nurse Kieran Kelleher BSN-RN. Dr. Garcia-Aguilar and the colorectal service at MSK are experts at the watch and wait approach to ...

In the year before their cancer diagnosis, a prior CVD event was most common among the colon cancer survivors (13%), followed ...