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Are we going to see colo-rectal surgeons on the endangered species list, not to speak of other cancer specialties? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2gABYTmXos

• methodical 3y ago
  I mean there are more maladies that affect the colon and rectum than just colon cancer, so I expect colo-rectal surgeons will survive, if with a decline in positions.
  • aurizon 3y ago
    True, mechanical problems will endure, even if cancer is defeated.
  • hinkley 3y ago
    Plus not everyone responds to treatment. Allergies, side effects. They may slowly age out but we will probably always see a few in the nearest large city.
• hentrep 3y ago
  This is actually one of the goals in colorectal cancer - organ-sparing treatment options. In particular, using immunotherapies in the neoadjuvant, peri-operative setting has shown tremendous benefit in colorectal cancers. Work done by Myriam Chalabi (Netherlands Cancer Institute) with the NICHE-1 study [0] and Pashtoon Kasi (Cornell) with the NEST-1 study [1] have had tremendous impacts for the up to 15% of patients who have mismatch repair deficient CRC. [0] https://ascopost.com/issues/october-25-2022/unprecedented-waterfall-plot-achieved-with-neoadjuvant-immunotherapy-in-dmmr-colon-cancer/ https://ascopost.com/issues/october-25-2022/unprecedented-wa... [1] https://www.nyp.org/advances/article/gastroenterology/ongoing-research-shows-promising-results-for-neoadjuvant-treatment-for-colorectal-cancer https://www.nyp.org/advances/article/gastroenterology/ongoin...
• semi-extrinsic 3y ago
  From what I've heard, surgery to treat hand osteoarthritis is a dying sub-specialty because the drugs are so effective now (and the surgery has never been a very good solution).