Cleveland Clinic’s team of colorectal specialists provides patients with personalized treatment plans and some of the best long-term outcomes in the world.
Cleveland Clinic is a trusted healthcare leader, recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care.
Our program unites all of the specialists you need in one convenient spot, so you get the care you need right away — without waiting for separate appointments with multiple doctors in various locations. The team works together to explore the best medical and surgical options to ensure the most successful outcome for each patient. Our specialists tailor treatment plans to their patients’ needs, taking into account how advanced the cancer is, the patient’s age and if the cancer has spread.
Our experts also continually seek to improve colorectal cancer care through weekly tumor board meetings where they review colorectal cancer cases for multidisciplinary clinical management decisions, including discussing new treatments or experimental therapies. We are home to The Sanford R. Weiss, MD Center for Hereditary Colorectal Neoplasia (The Weiss Center) and The David G. Jagelman Inherited Colorectal Cancer Registries, which are amongst the world’s largest registries.
The mission is to study the causes and prevention of inherited colorectal cancer, including:
In addition, Cleveland Clinic's rectal cancer program has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program from Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), a program launched in 2017 and administered by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). To earn this voluntary accreditation, Cleveland Clinic’s rectal cancer program met 19 standards, including the presence of a rectal cancer multidisciplinary team that includes clinical representatives from surgery, pathology, radiology, radiation oncology, and medical oncology.
Learn more about how to schedule a colonoscopy at a convenient Cleveland Clinic location near you, as well as find helpful resources about the procedure and a free risk assessment.
In addition to offering state of the art diagnostic techniques and colorectal cancer treatment methods, our specialists also offer an array of resources that can help patients cope with the demands of cancer. Patients are encouraged to take advantage of these resources to ease the burden of managing colorectal cancer and treatment.
Cleveland Clinic's podcast Butts and Gutsexplores your digestive and surgical health from end to end. You’ll learn how to have the best digestive health possible from your gallbladder to your liver and more from our host, Colorectal Surgery Chairman Scott Steele, MD.
Clinical trials (or research studies) help us create the medicine of tomorrow. They provide hope through offering testing of new drugs, new surgical techniques or other treatments before they are widely available.
We can help you access hundreds of clinical trials across all specialty areas. Our new searchable online trials tool makes identifying treatment opportunities easier than ever.
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center is committed to working with you to provide the best care for your patients. Our team is also dedicated to the training and education of medical professionals to advance cancer care and research.
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Cancer Advances podcast
A Cleveland Clinic podcast for medical professionals exploring the latest innovative research and clinical advances in the field of oncology. Listen to Cancer Advances.
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