The Oncology Grand Rounds series is designed to place original reports published in the Journal into clinical context. A case presentation is followed by a description of diagnostic and management ...

Is adjuvant oxaliplatin (Ox) overutilized in colon cancer (CC)? 408 cases from the practices of 102 oncologists. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This ...

Total mesorectal excision (TME) involving resection of the fatty tissue around the rectum is a successful treatment for colorectal cancer. Interim results of a large, prospective, randomized, ...

The nonoperative regimen led to a 2-year total mesorectal excision (TME)-free survival of 57% in 63 evaluable patients, and a ...

TME is widely accepted as a treatment for stage III and IV rectal cancer, but it comes at the cost of urogenital and anorectal dysfunction, permanent fistulas, and poor quality of life. Local excision ...

Patients with rectal cancer managed by watch and wait and subsequent local regrowth have a higher risk for distant metastases than those undergoing immediate surgery. The new study highlights the ...

A retrospective study of patients with distal rectal cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has found a higher rate of local recurrence after intersphincteric resection with handsewn ...

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 ...

The study aimed to analyze morphometric assessment of the mesorectal fat thickness and its correlation with body mass index in Chinese Han population. The anterior, posterior, right lateral, and left ...

(RTTNews) - Intuitive (ISRG), a leader in minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery, Thursday announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or FDA has cleared its da Vinci Single Port - ...