A new and less invasive treatment developed by cancer research uk researchers is safer than standard major surgery for early stage rectal cancer giving patients a better quality of life with fewer life altering side effects right now standard treatment is a major operation to remove the whole rectum even if the cancer is early stage. Rectal cancer treatment recent results in cancer research author mw buchler product details pages 274 pages publisher springer isbn 3540233415 format pdf size 294 mb summary rectal cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers world wide it is also a paradigm for multimodal management as the combination of surgery chemotherapy and radiotherapy is often necessary. Results for 106 of the patients the first sign of rectal cancer was in the form of symptoms and the most common first symptom was rectal bleeding for the remaining 14 patients their cancer was first discovered through routine examination over 75 percent of patients with symptoms did not initially believe that they were caused by cancer or any other serious problem and over 50 percent attributed their symptoms to hemorrhoids there was a clear trend albeit statistically nonsignificant . Here are some examples of current research treatment in a clinical trial is often the only way to get these treatments reducing colorectal cancer risk many studies are looking to identify the causes of colorectal cancer the hope is that this might lead to new ways to help prevent it other studies are looking to see if certain types of diets dietary supplements or medicines can lower a