Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive ... doctors continue to monitor patients for cancer recurrence or spread, holding off on surgery but ...

If cancer is confirmed, imaging tests like CT scans, MRI, and PET ... cases or to prevent recurrence. Radiation therapy targets specific tumor sites, often used for rectal cancer.

“Our results suggest that trying to save the anal sphincter in patients with distal rectal cancer whose tumors do not respond to neoadjuvant therapy may compromise recurrence-free survival.” Sphincter ...

Monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells may accurately predict skin cancer recurrence, a new study shows.

Surgery for rectal cancer is associated with a high rate of recurrence (50–70%) when the cancer is fixed on presentation. Neoadjuvant chemoradiation can reduce the tumor volume and pathologic ...

Even very small cells that were left behind can grow into tumors over time ... 7 out of 10 women with ovarian cancer will have a recurrence. Half of people with colorectal cancer who get surgery ...

The first patient with locally advanced rectal cancer has been enrolled in the FORTRESS study which is evaluating the ...

April 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Akamis Bio, a clinical-stage oncology company using a proprietary Tumor ... rectal cancer (LARC) and at least one risk factor for local or distant recurrence ...

The ALASCCA trial showed that aspirin use in this specific colorectal cancer population could reduce recurrence by over 50%, a very significant benefit. Together, these two landmark studies herald ...