Watch-and-wait approach gains traction in rectal cancer treatment
While surgery to remove rectal cancer can be necessary and lifesaving, it can sometimes come with significant drawbacks, like loss of bowel control.
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While surgery to remove rectal cancer can be necessary and lifesaving, it can sometimes come with significant drawbacks, like loss of bowel control.
With organ preservation on the rise, investigators say practice guidelines need to catch up.
Scientists in New York found that men accounted for more than seven in ten cases. Objects found in rectums ranged from balls or marbles to bottles, bottle caps, cans and even 'writing implements'.
More than 70% of patients with a median age of 79 achieved both outcomes at 3-6 months