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cancer, rectal(medicine)
Rectal(medicine)
rectal(dictionary)
rectal(dictionary)
Rectal prolapse(health)
rectal folds(medicine)
Rectal manometry(health)
administration, rectal(medicine)
rectal valves(medicine)

Through the Looking-Glass (oh) and cancer, rectal (medicine)


Through the Looking-Glass (oh)



(1872) a book for children by Lewis Carroll in which the main character, Alice, a little girl, visits a strange world by stepping through a mirror. Many of the people she meets are chess pieces or characters from nursery rhymes (=old songs or poems for young children) such as Humpty Dumpty .
-see also Alice in wonderland

cancer, rectal (medicine)


cancer, rectal


A malignant tumour arising from the inner wall of the end (rectum) of the large intestine. The third leading cause of cancer in males, fourth in females in the U.S. Risk factors for cancer of the colon and rectum (colorectal cancer) include heredity, colon polyps, and long standing ulcerative colitis. most colorectal cancers develop from polyps. Removal of colon polyps can prevent colorectal cancer. Colon polyps and early cancer can have no symptoms. Therefore, regular screening is important. Diagnosis can be made by barium enema or by colonoscopy with biopsy confirmation of cancer tissue. Surgery is the most common treatment for colorectal cancer.