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Pilot study finds rectal cancer surgery shifts the perioperative microbiome, lowering diversity and increasing Enterococcus ...

Treatment of rectal carcinoid tumors and role of preoperative imaging. Background: Recent studies demonstrate that proximal diversion can decrease rates of anastomotic leak and subsequent morbidity ...

Surgical resection of the rectum requires dissection close to the nerves responsible for bladder and sexual function. The inferior hypogastric plexus is responsible for erection in both men and women.

In patients with rectal cancer who achieve a clinical complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation, it may be reasonable to adopt a watch-and-wait (W&W) strategy rather than proceed to immediate ...

A new definition of rectal cancer in the Netherlands prompted reclassification of cancer as sigmoid tumors, which could lead to better treatment. Rectal and sigmoidal tumors have been hard to ...