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Treatment of rectal carcinoma

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The treatment of rectal cancer is usually by surgery.

Radiotherapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy are used palliatively where the tumour is inoperable.

Further treatment with adjuvant chemotherapy should be considered for high-risk stage II and stage III (Dukes' C) cancer following surgery (1)

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