Robotic Surgery Improves 3-Year Relapse-Free Survival in Rectal Cancer

A real-world study found that robotic surgery significantly improves 3-year relapse-free survival compared with ...

AUGUST 18, 2025

Radiation Can Be Omitted in Many Patients With Rectal Cancer

Radiotherapy can be omitted in a substantial proportion of patients without any apparent change in long-term ...

AUGUST 9, 2023

100% Remission Rate ‘Thrills’ Rectal Cancer Investigators

A phase 2 study of patients with early-stage rectal cancer has yielded never-before-seen results: complete ...

JUNE 9, 2022

An Interview With Steven D. Wexner, MD, on the NAPRC

Steven D. Wexner, MD, FACS, is the chair of colorectal surgery and director of the Digestive Disease Institute at ...

MARCH 24, 2021

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 13, 2017

Treating Rectal Cancer: Which Approach Is Optimal?

It is with immense pleasure that Colleen Hutchinson and I present to you perspectives on a debate that originally ...

JULY 24, 2017

Some Rectal Cancer Patients Can Avoid Surgery

Not all patients with early-stage rectal cancer need surgical resection. That’s good news for patients, who ...

JULY 19, 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 ...

MARCH 2, 2017