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.

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 ...

Robotic-assisted surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) demonstrated positive outcomes, with minimal blood loss and low conversion rates in 355 cases. The Senhance Robotic System was used in sigmoid ...

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 ...

Traditionally, treatment for colorectal cancer meant surgery, often leaving patients with a colostomy bag for life. But Patty ...

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 ...

Although rectal cancer is a life-threatening disease, it is highly curable in its early stages. Depending on the location and state of the cancer, surgery may be required. To avoid life-altering ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive surgery that can carry lifelong side effects, new research indicates. That information could be extremely ...

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 ...

MRI can predict the risk of rectal cancer reccurring or spreading for patients who have undergone chemotherapy and radiation, new research indicates. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many ...