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Some patients with rectal cancer who respond well to radiation and chemotherapy are skipping surgery and opting instead to "watch and wait."

While surgery to remove rectal cancer can be necessary and lifesaving, it can sometimes come with significant drawbacks, like loss of bowel control.

Long-term data from the OPRA trial show organ preservation at 5 years in about half of patients with stage II/III rectal adenocarcinoma who received total neoadjuvant therapy.

With organ preservation on the rise, investigators say practice guidelines need to catch up.

Donor Network West, the federally designated organ procurement organization for northern Nevada and northern California, today joined four other organ procurement organizations as a founding member to fund the launch of the Biostasis Research Institute (BRI).