rectal
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People with IBD can experience serious symptoms including rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, and weight loss.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
That means people under the age of 45 who are being diagnosed with colon cancer are doing so only when they present with symptoms like rectal bleeding or extreme weight loss.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
O’Hara died in late January, at the age of 71, from a pulmonary embolism as a result of rectal cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
In addition to the blood clot in her lungs, the death certificate listed rectal cancer as the long-term cause of death.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Until such a research is completed, however, it is necessary to assume that fluctuations in body-temperature as measured by the electric rectal thermometer are a true measure of the average body-temperature of the whole body.
From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Francis Gano Benedict
