Patients with rectal cancer report ‘good’ quality of life with watch-and-wait approach (Healio)

Key takeaways:

• Patients with rectal cancer who were observed by a watch-and-wait approach reported good quality of life.
• Quality of life deteriorated in patients requiring surgery.

Patients with rectal cancer who were observed by a watch-and-wait approach reported “good” quality of life and less major bowel dysfunction than those requiring surgery, according to study results in JAMA Surgery.