Novel radiotherapy may save increasingly many rectal cancer patients from surgery and a stoma

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Tampere University Hospital in Finland has begun offering a targeted radiotherapy treatment for rectal cancer that delivers a high dose to the tumor surface. The approach aims to eliminate tumors while helping more patients avoid major surgery and a potentially permanent stoma.

Tampere University Hospital (Tays) has begun offering a new form of radiotherapy to treat rectal cancer in which a high dose of radiation is targeted at the tumor surface. The aim is to destroy the tumor so that more patients may avoid major surgery and a potentially permanent stoma. Finland is at the forefront of implementing this novel treatment.