Dr. Bethany Malone has treated a lot of colorectal cancer patients. The youngest, not counting those with genetic conditions, was 19 years old.Colorectal cancer used to be considered a cancer of older ...

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A new treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer shows favourable results in that surgery can sometimes be avoided completely. It also reduces the risk of recurrence. The method has been confirmed ...

Final results from the phase 3 CASSANDRA trial presented at the 2025 ASCO Meeting show that the neoadjuvant chemotherapy ...

After surgery for colorectal cancer that’s started to spread beyond its initial location, many people go straight to treatment with chemotherapy. The idea behind this postsurgery, or adjuvant, ...

The findings are particularly relevant for India, where colorectal cancer is emerging as a growing public health concern ...

Colorectal cancer starts in the lining of your large intestine, also known as the colon, or in your rectum. Learn more about the definition, types, causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, stages, ...

New clinical evidence indicates that a widely used supplement may alter gut microbes involved in vitamin D biology and ...

In locally recurrent rectal cancer, neoadjuvant chemo-reirradiation plus surgery with IOERT showed no grade 4–5 toxicities ...

Patients with stage 3 colorectal cancer who tested MRD-positive with Signatera after surgery saw a meaningful survival ...

Patients with secondary rectal cancer (SRC) after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer have shorter survival compared with matched treatment-naïve patients, (1) but factors explaining this gap have ...

Colorectal cancer can cause bleeding from polyps in the digestive tract. This can lead to iron deficiency anemia. Oral and intravenous iron may help, but there may be some risks. Persistent bleeding ...