WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (WPVI) -- Doctors, medical oncologists, and other cancer experts from across the globe spent several days at Lankenau Medical Center, trying to find better approaches to rectal cancer.

Patients with locally advanced rectal cancer fare better with standard preoperative chemoradiation followed by surgery than with primary surgery and adjuvant chemoradiation, demonstrating better ...

Intermountain Health is the first in the nation to use a new tool using a 3D computer model for rectal cancer surgery. The new technology, called Iris, guides surgeons during robotic rectal cancer ...

Proctectomy and other surgeries are falling out of favor to treat stage II and III rectal cancer in the United States. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network endorses watchful waiting, instead of ...

These physicians treat diseases of the intestinal tract, colon and rectum. Alessandro Fichera, M.D., minimally invasive surgery, inflammatory bowel disease, colon and rectal cancer and surgery; ...

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy may be efficacious enough for certain patients with advanced rectal cancer to avoid surgery, research showed. Upfront chemotherapy and radiotherapy may help reduce the ...

Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients have a ...

At first glance, colorectal surgery and med-spas don’t seem to go together, but they are complementary when under the expert care of Dr. Anna Toker, a colon and rectal surgeon specializing in robotic ...

When rectal cancer advances locally, oncologists fight back with a series of treatments. Chemotherapy and radiation are followed by surgery, and this regimen can result in a cure. But this ...

Wellstar Colon and Rectal Surgery provides patients with world-class care in several locations across metro Atlanta. Our fellowship-trained, board-certified surgeons treat a broad spectrum of ...

These physicians treat diseases of the intestinal tract, colon and rectum. Laila Rashidi, M.D.: anorectal disorders, minimally invasive surgery; MultiCare colon and rectal surgery, Allenmore Medical ...