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organ-preservation
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Angelita Habr-Gama Professor of Surgery, University of São Paulo; Angelita & Joaquim Gama Institute Brazilian surgeon who first showed that rectal cancers that vanish after chemoradiation can be watched rather than removed. | Colorectal cancer | none | colorectal, surgery, latin-america | ||
Julio Garcia-Aguilar Chief, Colorectal Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Surgeon who led OPRA, showing half of rectal cancer patients can keep their rectum with total neoadjuvant therapy and watch-and-wait. | Colorectal cancer | none | colorectal, surgery | ||
STAR-TREC ISRCTN14240288 The UK-led trial asking whether people with rectal cancer can keep their rectum: give radiotherapy, see how the tumour responds, and operate only if it has to be removed. | Colorectal cancer, Rectal cancer | uk, rectal |
