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Symptoms
Causes of rectal cancer are probably environmental in the sporadic cases(80%), and genetic in the heredity-predispose...
Causes
Causes of rectal cancer are probably environmental in the sporadic cases(80%), and genetic in the heredity-predispose...
Tests
There is a tumor marker for cancer of the colon and rectum; it is known as carcinoembryonic antigen,(CEA). Unfortunat...
Treatments
Once the diagnosis has been confirmed by biopsy and the endorectal ultrasound has been performed, the clinical stage ...
Risk Factors
—Substances in the environment that cause cancer, presumably by inducing mutations, with prolonged exposure.
Complications
They may be completely benign, pre-malignant or cancerous. The association of colon and rectal cancers in patients wi...
Prevention
There is not an absolute way of preventing colon or rectal cancer. Still there is a lot that an individual can do to ...
Basic Info