Stepping into one of Makati Medical Center’s (MakatiMed) state-of-the-art operating suites feels like entering the future of ...

The ShorTrip trial found that short-course radiotherapy followed by FOLFOX and FOLFOXIRI improved pathological response rates ...

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center has earned its fourth consecutive C grade in patient safety from a national nonprofit organization that publishes biannual safety grades for nearly 3,000 hospitals ...

A mum-of-two has detailed how a change in her toilet habits revealed she had developed a “deadly” cancer that is on the rise ...

R0 resection was defined as the tumor being more than 1 mm from ... group was slightly lower than the standard dose usually delivered in preoperative CRT for rectal cancer. Meanwhile, in our previous ...

In this case, considering the patient’s advanced age, malnutrition and local peritonitis which might increase the risk of anastomotic leakage, the Hartmann procedure (partial rectal resection with ...

All polyps proximal to the recto-sigmoid junction should be removed ... There are limited data to guide surveillance after resection of serrated lesions; however, the logic behind surveillance for ...

Rectal cancer is more common in men ... In a community of 300 000 there may be 250 patients being followed up after bowel cancer resection including about 175 patients/annum requiring colonoscopy. The ...

Colorectal cancer, among the most common global malignancies, is increasingly affecting younger populations and remains underdiagnosed until advanced stages.

CONTEXT: Endoscopic mucosal resection is a minimally invasive technique used in the treatment of colorectal neoplasms, including early carcinomas of different size and morphology. OBJECTIVES: To ...

The following MeSH terms and free text words were used: benign prostatic hyperplasia, BPH, transurethral resection of the prostate ... an extensive examination including PSA measures, digital rectal ...