In a Swedish trial published in September 2026 in BJS Open, a multidisciplinary prehabilitation program before colorectal cancer surgery didn't reduce complications (47.5% vs. 45.0%), though people with more disability seemed to…
In a Danish trial published Oct. 1, 2026, in JAMA Network Open, twice-weekly exercise during treatment before surgery for gastroesophageal cancer didn't raise the chance of having surgery, and 3-year survival was…
A US study published Oct. 1, 2026, in JAMA Network Open found that 'watch and wait', skipping surgery after a strong response to treatment, rose from 2.30% of rectal cancer patients in…
In the NeoCOAST-2 trial, published Oct. 25, 2026, in Nature, people with operable lung cancer whose tumor DNA disappeared from the blood during treatment before surgery had much longer event-free survival (hazard…
In the phase 2 MDT-BRIDGE trial, published Oct. 26, 2026, in Nature Medicine, 142 people with resectable or borderline lung cancer got durvalumab plus chemotherapy before surgery; 74.6% had their tumor removed…
A meta-analysis of every randomized trial, published Oct. 27, 2026, in Annals of Internal Medicine, found that laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer that spread to the liver had fewer complications than open…
In the VOLGA trial, published Oct. 24, 2026, in NEJM, people with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who couldn't get cisplatin had better event-free and overall survival when durvalumab and enfortumab vedotin were added…
