Rectal Cancer News

Lisa Decker Battles Rectal Cancer

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:36 +0200

My name is Lisa Decker. I am a 46-year-old wife and mother, diagnosed in April 2008 with rectal cancer.

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Treatment Disparities in Hispanic Rectal Cancer Patients: A SEER Database Study

Although Hispanics demonstrate a low overall incidence of rectal cancer, mortality rates have not decreased relative to non-Hispanic whites. To determine if this was in part due to racial disparities in care, we compared rates of neoadjuvant therapy and sphincter-preserving surgery between ...

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How often does rectal bleeding indicate colorectal cancer?(Disease/Disorder overview)

Rectal bleeding is a relatively common symptom encountered in primary care. Although the risk of colorectal cancer is believed to be low, this rarely has been studied in patients presenting to primary care physicians. Four studies in European countries reported cancer rates of 2.4 to 7.0 percent. ...

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Rates of Colon and Rectal Cancers Are Increasing in Young Adults

Incidence rates for colorectal cancer are decreasing in the United States, possibly due to preventative cancer screening. Because these programs target older patients, their beneficial effects may not apply to young patients. The purpose of this study was to compare incidence rates and tumor ...

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Rectal Cancer

Rectal cancer Definition The rectum is the portion of the large bowel that lies in the pelvis, terminating at the anus. Cancer of the rectum is the disease characterized by the development of malignant cells in the lining or epithelium of the rectum. Malignant cells have changed such that they lose ...

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Patient profile and treatment outcome of rectal cancer patients treated with multimodality therapy at a regional cancer center

Introduction Rectal cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed GI cancers having a high disease related mortality in the western part of the world, although in eastern regions it is one of the low incidence cancers not ranking among the first ten.[12345] Adenocarcinoma is the most common type ...

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Two-Stage Surgical Treatment of Unresectable Obstructive Rectal Cancer with Synchronous Hepatic Metastases

Unresectable obstructing rectal cancer with synchronous hepatic metastases is usually a fatal disease. This prospective study was scheduled to treat this difficult condition using a multimodal curative strategy combined with a two-stage surgical treatment. Patients with T4N2 or N3M1 rectal cancer ...

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Local treatment of rectal cancer.

Approximately 37,000 new cases of rectal cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States.[1] The overall survival rate for individuals with rectal cancer is approximately 50 percent.[2] Tumors of the distal rectum have classically been treated by abdominoperineal resection, which is associated ...

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How often does rectal bleeding indicate colorectal cancer?(Disease/Disorder overview)

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MRI Useful And Reliable In Surgical Planning Of Patients With Rectal Cancer

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:09:22 +0200

3T MRI can accurately stage, and help surgeons plan sphincter-sparing surgery in patients with rectal cancer, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University in Shandong, China.

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Colorectal Cancer Can Be Drastically Reduced by Screening Patients in Their 40s, Study Says

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:31:00 +0200

June 10, 2008Baby boomers age 40 to 49 have about the same number of pre-cancerous masses in their colons as do older boomers age 50 to 59. The deadly difference, however, is the much larger number of cancer growths in the older group.

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MRI useful and reliable in surgical planning of patients with rectal cancer

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:35:35 +0200

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MRI Useful And Reliable In Surgical Planning Of Patients With Rectal Cancer

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:26:46 +0200

3T MRI can accurately stage, and help surgeons plan sphincter-sparing surgery in patients with rectal cancer, according to a recent study.

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Local treatment of rectal cancer.

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Latest Rectal Cancer News

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:40:53 +0200

Latest news for Rectal Cancer updated every 30 minutes, dedicated for patients, caregivers, physicians and researchers whose interest are rectal cancer, cancer colon rectal, cancer colo rectal, cancer metastatic rectal.

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PreGen-Plus Colorectal Cancer Detection and Screening

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:40:53 +0200

PreGen-Plus is the only non-invasive, DNA-based test available for the detection of colorectal cancer. Unlike other screening tests for colorectal cancer, PreGen-Plus provides a sensitive, non-invasive and easy-to-use option for the early detection of colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. Read more ...

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Cancer Colon Home Test Kit

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:35:27 +0200

Early detection saves lives - colorectal cancer is preventable, even curable when detected early. Order a Hometest right now!

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Wide variations in appropriateness of rectal cancer surgery across England

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:35:37 +0200

A substantial proportion of rectal cancer patients are receiving inappropriate surgical care, because of wide variations in practice across England, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Gut.

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