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Methodist Clinic Was a Key Driver in the Now Standard ‘Watch and Wait’ Approach to Rectal Cancer
… forget his name,” said Dr. Shashidharan, a colon and rectal surgeon with Methodist Physicians Clinic Colon and Rectal Surgery. Surgically Treating Rectal Cancer Colorectal cancer – cancer … too sick to have it,” said Charles Ternent, MD , a surgeon with the colon and rectal surgery clinic. Every patient with cancer has their case reviewed at a multidisciplinary tumor … have to have the surgery for a cure.” In 2020, with help from the colon and rectal surgery clinic, a nonsurgical solution known as “watch and wait” became a possibility for many patients. …