rectal cancer
Robotic Surgery Improves 3-Year Relapse-Free Survival in Rectal Cancer
A real-world study has concluded that robotic surgery significantly improves three-year relapse-free survival ...
JULY 25, 2025

Study of Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision Finds Decline in Key Functional Outcomes
A study of functional outcomes after transanal total mesorectal excision in patients with low rectal tumors, ...
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

‘Hot Topics in Surgery’ Continued
We continue our coverage of the “Hot Topics in General Surgery” symposium held at the 2023 Clinical ...
MARCH 14, 2024

ACS ‘Hot Topics in Surgery’ Continued: Part 2
BOSTON—With this article, we continue our coverage of the “Hot Topics in General Surgery” ...
FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Watching and Waiting After Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer
What patients with rectal cancer are appropriate for the watch-and-wait strategy and other considerations with the ...
JULY 28, 2023

Watching and Waiting After Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer
Eric Pauli, MD, interviews Mr. Neil Smart, a colorectal surgeon from Exeter, England, about which patients with ...
JUNE 27, 2023

Experts Debate Short-Course Radiation for Rectal Cancer
Is short-course radiation for rectal cancer finally ready for prime time? This was the topic of a lively debate at ...
JUNE 1, 2021

Rectum-Sparing Approach Appropriate for Many Patients After Neoadjuvant Therapy
Most patients with rectal cancer who have a complete clinical response (cCR) and many patients who achieve a major ...
NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Initiative Promotes Multidisciplinary Approach To Improve Rectal Cancer Outcomes
Hospitals across the United States can now apply to participate in the new National Accreditation Program for ...
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Rectal Cancer Treatment Approaches: Which One Is Optimal?
It is with immense pleasure that Colleen Hutchinson and I present to you perspectives on a debate that originally ...
JUNE 26, 2017

Incidence of Colorectal Cancer Rises in Gen X and Millennials
More Americans in their 20s and 30s are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, even as the incidence of the ...
APRIL 10, 2017