rectal

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Ask the authors of the 2023 study titled “Digital Rectal Examination Is Not a Useful Screening Test for Prostate Cancer.”

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2024

Rectal cancer researchers have pulled off a daunting feat, demonstrating in a large clinical trial that patients do just as well without radiation therapy as with it.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023

Rectal cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center faced the prospect of grueling procedures and chemotherapy treatments but were pleasantly surprised when a drug from GlaxoSmithKline completely eradicated their cancer.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2022

Rectal swabs from 13 tested positive for coronaviruses, including one described in Nature Communications on 9 February 2021.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2022

Rectal examination consists in examination of the organs of the pelvic cavity and posterior portion of the abdominal cavity by the hand inserted into the rectum.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.