Investigación
Designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center is defining new boundaries in rectal cancer research.
Areas of research include:
- Personalized cell therapy. The goal of this study is to build a library of rectal cancer cells taken from patients, which can be used to develop more-personalized treatment strategies.
- Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery. This study compares robotic and conventional laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer by assessing how each approach affects bowel, urinary and sexual function after surgery.
- Presurgery treatment. This study compares two treatments for rectal cancer before surgery — standard chemotherapy with radiation versus chemotherapy alone — to see which works better and causes fewer side effects.
Publications
See a list of publications about rectal cancer by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.