[ adj ] of or involving the rectum <adj.pert> rectal cancer
Rectal \Rec"tal\ (r?k"tal), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum.
We examined more than 250 men above age 49 whose prostates felt non-cancerous on rectal examination; 13% of them were found to have biopsy-proven cancer.
When Tower underwent the colonscopy examination, a rectal polyp also was discovered and removed.
Colon and rectal, or colorectal, cancer kills about 60,000 U.S. residents each year, making it second to lung cancer among cancer killers.
The Utah study, which was the subject of a page-one article in The Wall Street Journal in early August, buttresses claims by some doctors that close relatives of people with colon and rectal cancers ought to be tested for appearance of polyps.
A high-fiber diet appears to inhibit the growth of rectal polyps in people with an inherited tendency toward such polyps that can lead to cancer, according to results of a four-year study.
Other trials are underway to see if other drugs, notably levamisole and leucovorin, might be even better than 5-FU for rectal cancer that has begun to spread, the alert said.
She had been suffering from internal ailments for the past two years, reportedly breast and rectal cancer.
The National Cancer Institute plans a large randomized trial involving 148,000 patients to test the efficacy of preventive tests for prostate, colon and rectal, ovarian and lung cancers.
People increase their risk of colon and rectal cancer when they eat a lot of saturated fat and don't exercise, according to a study of Chinese residents of North America and China.