To the Editor: The article by Bosset and colleagues (Sept. 14 issue)1 provides support for the use of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. However, information on nodal status and the extent of mesorectal i...[Read More]

BACKGROUND: In rectal cancer a high risk of local recurrence has been reported for patients treated by surgery alone. It is also recognised that 20%-40% of rectal cancer patients continue to develop distant metastases and die, even when a v...[Read More]

Rectal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the rectum. The rectum is part of the bodys digestive system. The digestive system removes and processes nutrients (vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats,...[Read More]

Refers to the occurrence of colorectal cancer in the cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum cancer, is one of the most common malignant tumor, ranked No. 3 in a variety of malignant tumors. In rece...[Read More]

Terry the United States and other studies have shown that, in pre-menopausal women, obese women increased risk of colorectal cancer occurred 1 times, in post-menopausal women do not have such a relationship. Weight control may reduce the in...[Read More]

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology magazine reported that the incidence of smoking and risk of colorectal cancer was positively correlated. Smoking is colorectal cancer (CRC) the possible risk factors. However, no study was to assess...[Read More]

Published in the October 2002 journal of cancer, a study showed increased intake of folic acid can reduce the incidence of male and female colon cancer risk, while reducing the incidence of male rectal cancer risk. Hertogenbosch The Netherl...[Read More]

Is a common digestive tract cancer, gastric cancer incidence after. Multi-age of onset between the ages of 30 to 60, more men than women, if early detection and timely treatment and better prognosis. At present the cause is not clear, and r...[Read More]

1, active treatment intestinal chronic degenerative conditions, such as colorectal or rectal polyps, schistosomiasis, bacillary dysentery, amoebic and chronic diseases such as ulcerative colitis. 2, once the diagnosis of clear, except in ad...[Read More]

Preoperative chemotherapy: From the information available to see, preoperative chemotherapy alone did not seem to be able to improve patient survival, but the tumor can shrink, which will help surgical resection and retain sphincter functio...[Read More]