rectal cancer

collocation in English

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rectal
adjective
uk
/ˈrek.təl/us
/ˈrek.təl/
relating to the rectum (= the last section of the ...
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cancer
noun
uk
/ˈkæn.sər/us
/ˈkæn.sɚ/
a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often ...
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(Definition ofrectalandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The other project is expected to change primary treatment ofrectalcancerpatients by routinely scanning the liver.
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For example, patients withrectalcancermay report more negative outcome expectations for talking about illness and treatment side effects than patients with melanoma.
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In colon andrectalcancerthat has metastasized to other organs, chemotherapy can extend survival by approximately 6 months and also improve quality of life.
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For further improvement ofrectalcancertreatment, further study will be needed to incorporate the mobility of the small bowel during the treatment course into the intensity optimisation.
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The patients are randomized to open or laparoscopic surgery in the treatment ofrectalcancerand the primary end point is loco-regional recurrence rate, 3 years' postoperatively.
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He hadrectalcancerand had a colostomy in 1933.
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Halprin was diagnosed withrectalcancerin 1972.
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People suddenly discovered, by examining tissue, that they had to cut out more than just therectalcancer.
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In this article, we describe the analysis of two different set-up verification and correction procedures in pelvic irradiation forrectalcancerpatients treated on a belly-board device.
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The network censors initially refused to let the phrase beer causesrectalcancerinto the show.
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Ahern was to die only 18 months later fromrectalcancer.
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Inrectalcancer, chemotherapy may be used in the neoadjuvant setting.
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When examining the cases of patients who had survived for long periods of time, it was found that extra tissue had been taken from around therectalcancer.
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From about 1823 his concert appearances started decreasing; by the late 1820s he was suffering fromrectalcancer.
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Lung and malerectalcancerrates were also elevated in comparison with the rest of the province.
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In early 2008, he experienced a recurrence ofrectalcancerand finished a surgical, chemotherapy, and radiation treatment regimen.
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In humans, the relative incidence of cancer increases exponentially with age for most cancers, but levels-off or may even decline by age 6075 (although colon/rectalcancercontinues to increase).
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