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 ...

A group of experts advising the nation’s premier cancer-research institution has recommended changing the very definition of cancer and eliminating the word entirely from some common diagnoses as part ...

Defining cure in stage II and III colon cancer has been challenging, and has never been systematically studied. In an analysis of 15 randomized trials, colon cancer relapse risk fell to 0.5% by year 6 ...

12 Million Americans are Cancer Survivors. Aug. 6, 2013— -- intro: "Cancer" is one of the most terrifying words in the English language. Fortunately, as screening, diagnosis and treatment improve ...

There is no universally accepted definition for recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) across treatment categories such as total thyroidectomy with or without radioactive iodine ablation ...