Cancer of the rectum

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Summary and Conclusions A review of the cases of 171 patients with cancer of the rectum, treated during a tenyear period at a community hospital, is presented. Bright red blood in the stool is the only early symptom of this disease. Proctosigmoidoscopic examination is the most reliable and accurate diagnostic procedure. Wider, more frequent use of this examination is necessary. More direct attacks on local cancers by cryosurgery and fulguration will result in better palliation, less morbidity, and greater longevity for patients with incurable cancers than palliative colostomy or abdominoperineal resection. Additional studies of the quality of survival, temporary or long-term, of patients with cancer of the rectum are advocated.

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