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rectal cancer staging symptoms

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every time the patient is diagnosed with coloncancer the question is i am going to survive this? so let's take a moment and talk aboutthe probability of cure of this disease. using multimodality treatment meaning combinationof surgery with or without radiation and chemotherapy, we have significantly improved the outcomesand survival of patients with colon cancer through all stages from i to iv. unfortunately,whether a patient will be cured or not is still determined at the stage they were diagnosedwith. the more advance the tumor, the lower the likelihood of cure. stage i tumor thathas not even penetrated through the wall of the colon, can expected to be cured in 93%or more of percent of the time. once the tumor starts to grow through the wall, things becomemore complicated because it's not only the size of the tumor at that point, but alsohow aggressive it is, what are the different biologies, and there is a lot of researchin trying to determine today, the risk groups and the ...

rectal cancer staging survival rates

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hello, i'm dr. jill o'donnell-tormey ceo and director of scientific affairs atthe cancer research institute. i'm here with three experts who are going to discuss with me important results coming out of the annualmeeting of the american society of clinical oncologyhere in chicago. thank you all for joining me today. and i'd like to start by throwing out a question for each of you what would you say was the most important take home results for patients that you heard at asco this week? so i think one of the exciting developments this year is that we know that last year the big story was really the single agent activity of checkpoint inhibitors one of the more exciting new approaches to immunotherapy across a broad number of solid tumors. and this year, the story is getting more nuanced. so we're still excited about the activity of these agents across a broad number of different tumor types but the story is getting more interesting. we're talking about combining th...

rectal cancer staging radiology

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[music] the most common sign and symptom of rectal canceris rectal bleeding. and it's usuallypainless bleeding. and it can be either blood thatappears on the toilet paper or in the toilet itselfafter a bowel movement. other signs can be pain, depending on where the tumor is,diarrhea or constipation. the scary thing aboutrectal cancer is, commonly, there are no signs or symptoms. and people can have this tumorgrowing in them for a while and not even know it. that's why it's very importantto adhere to the screening guidelines that have beenestablished, to either prevent colon and rectal cancerby removing precancerous lesions when they occur in individuals,or detect cancers early. so that everybody's chanceof survival is better. screening for rectal cancer isgenerally that people should undergo a regular physicalexam with a digital exam, digital rectal exam, looking for blood in the stool whilstthe digital exam is done. when people get to the age of50, if they don't ha...

rectal cancer staging radiology mri

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liver metastases in stage 4 colorectal cancer: surgical treatment advances. dr. anton titov, md: hello, we are with dr. graeme poston, who is the leading liver surgeon specializing in treatment of colorectal cancer and liver metastatic disease. dr. poston is professor of surgery at university of liverpool in the uk. he is also a past president of european society of surgical oncology, and british association of surgical oncology. dr. poston is author of nine textbooks on oncological surgery, as well as more than 200 scientific articles about metastatic colorectal cancer. dr. poston's particular interest is in liver metastatic disease in colorectal cancer. dr. poston, hello and welcome. - thank you. let's outline why liver metastatic disease in colorectal cancer is just so important. because 25% of patients at the time of colorectal cancer diagnosis have already developed liver metastatic disease. and in total about 50% of patients with colorectal cancer develop liver metastatic...

rectal cancer staging peritoneal reflection

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audrey hepburn appendix cancer could be cured today. dr. anton titov, md: let's speak about appediceal cancer, the cancer of appendix. movie star audrey hepburn had appendix cancer (appendiceal cancer, not colon cancer). if perhaps audrey hepburn was treated in your hands and in modern times her life would have been significantly extended perhaps audrey hepburn's appendix cancer could be successfully treated by the sugarbaker procedure that you have developed? dr. paul sugarbaker, md (renowned gastrointestinal cancer surgeon, usa): right, so audrey hepburn died several decades ago. i think audrey hepburn was treated at cedars sinai hospital in los angeles. and they did not have a peritoneal surface oncology group there. now they have a quite sophisticated peritoneal cancer treatment program. i think audrey hepburn would have had a cytoreductive cancer surgery. audrey hepburn also almost undoubtedly would have had hipec as part of her cancer treatment today. i actually don...

rectal cancer staging peritoneal reflection

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presents the five biological laws third revolution in the history of medicine what these five biological laws are basically about and what implications they have, will be illustrated by the following example. the cat and the mouse let a mouse and a cat cross their ways the cat will notice a morsel of food. the mouse, on the other hand, is noticing a deadly threat. by its biological determination, it immediately starts running away. it is an experience familiar to everyone that in extreme situations unprecedented powers are set free in us, and precisely this is part of what we are dealing with. the mouse's alveolar lung cells are turned to sympathicotony, which here results in hyperfunction, increasing permeability to oxygen. thus the mouse is able to inspire more effectively and to keep running for a prolonged period of time. after running for two minutes and successfully having sought refuge, the mouse will consecutively breathe and recreate for two minutes. it is now in a vagoton...