Chemo BEFORE bowel cancer surgery slashes chances of disease returning

Chemo BEFORE bowel cancer surgery slashes chances of disease returning Chemotherapy before bowel cancer surgery can slash its chances of returning by more than a quarter, research has found.

The Cancer Research UK funded trial shows that giving chemotherapy ahead of operating for early-stage bowel cancer cuts the chance of the disease coming back by 28 per cent. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Preoperative Chemotherapy for Operable Colon Cancer: Mature Results of an International Randomized Controlled Trial (open access) Journal of Clinical Oncology
• New treatment strategy cuts risk of bowel cancer returning by 28% The Guardian
• Bowel cancer breakthrough as chemotherapy before surgery ‘cuts risk of return’ The Independent