Primary Tumor Resection Plus Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy Alone for Colorectal Cancer Patients With Asymptomatic, Synchronous Unresectable Metastases (JCOG1007; iPACS): A Randomized Clinical Trial ...

Three physicians recently completed the first robotic-assisted colon resection surgeries at Martinsburg, W.Va.-based Berkeley Medical Center. 1. Jason Turner, MD, Robert Cicchino, DO, and Zachary ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients undergoing nonelective colorectal resection, postoperative nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) administration is associated with increased odds of anastomotic ...

Thermal ablation demonstrated noninferiority to surgical resection for small colorectal liver metastases, with comparable overall survival and local control outcomes. The COLLISION trial showed ...

Kingwood Medical Center, an HCA Affiliated Hospital, announced its chief of staff, Kent Kossoy, M.D. has successfully performed the first colon resection da Vinci surgery to treat colon cancer in the ...

Colorectal surgery is a medical operation that is performed on the colon, rectum and anus. Colorectal surgeons, who are also referred to as proctologists, are responsible for carrying out this ...

Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery. Carla Prado, a researcher in the University of ...

Comparison of PIK3CA Mutation Prevalence in Breast Cancer Across Predicted Ancestry Populations Seventy-six patients with LL-mCRC were retrospectively included. DNA from tumor tissue was sequenced, ...

For more than 20 years, liver surgeons have known that tailored resection of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) provides a huge survival advantage compared with chemotherapy alone, and today more ...

Share on Pinterest The timing of chemotherapy may improve outcomes in colon cancer treatment. FatCamera/Getty Images Moreover, neoadjuvant chemotherapy led to significant tumor regression and was ...