Colorectal surgeon Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar says there are a growing number of ways to treat colon and rectal cancer including advances in targeted therapy, surgery, and immunotherapy that can also ...

Increased travel distance to a cancer treatment facility negatively impacts the likelihood that patients with stage II/III rectal cancer will receive radiation therapy (RT) to treat their disease, ...

Our Care Advisors will connect you with the best healthcare provider for your needs. Finding the right cancer care team can be stressful. Your team of rectal cancer experts will ask about your ...

In locally recurrent rectal cancer, neoadjuvant chemo-reirradiation plus surgery with IOERT showed no grade 4–5 toxicities ...

The treatment of patients with localized rectal cancer is complex and requires input from a multidisciplinary team. Baseline local staging and mismatch repair protein testing are vital to develop ...

Instead of giving up wine and cigarettes, W's wellness columnist tries a holistic treatment, rectal insufflation, to fix her ...

Tenesmus is a feeling of being unable to empty the bowel or bladder. It usually refers to rectal tenesmus, which can occur with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rectal cancer, and other conditions.

Diverticulitis can cause rectal bleeding. In fact, diverticular bleeding is the most frequent cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Share on Pinterest Grace Cary/Getty Images Diverticulitis is a ...