Although in the past decade there have been numerous reports on laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer, the majority of these are retrospective. The few published prospective randomized trials ...

In 1994, in a series of laparoscopically assisted resections of colon cancer, 3 of 14 patients had tumor recurrence at the sites of trocar wounds. 4 As compared with a tumor-recurrence rate of less ...

When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think ...

Five-Year Overall Survival Analysis of the JIPANG Study: Pemetrexed or Vinorelbine Plus Cisplatin for Resected Stage II-IIIA Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer The majority of older patients ...

Patients who undergo robotic colon surgery fare about the same as those who have minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery--but their bills are much heftier, according to research from Johns Hopkins ...

Robotic surgery is associated with improved outcomes over laparoscopic procedures for colon cancer patients undergoing colectomies, according to a new study by Dallas-based University of Texas ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Doctors at The Christ Hospital are now utilizing robotic surgery for colon cancer resections, a method that has shown to significantly improve healing and recovery times. Dr.

Mel Buchanan didn’t expect anything unusual when she scheduled her first colonoscopy last year. She had no symptoms and was leading a busy life as a wife and mom of ...

The efficacy of watch and wait strategy or surgery after neoadjuvant immunotherapy for locally advanced colorectal cancer with dMMR/MSI-H guided by ctDNA dynamic monitoring (WINDOW): A single-center, ...

For many people diagnosed with colorectal cancer, surgery can bring lifesaving treatment but also lasting changes. Approximately one-third of colorectal cancer survivors receive a temporary or ...