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Article: Management of stage IV primary rectal cancer reviewed.
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- Drug Week
- Article date:
- April 23, 2004
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2004 APR 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the management of primary rectal carcinoma in patients with stage IV disease at the diagnosis in a recent issue of Anticancer Research.
According to published research from Italy, "Rectal cancer is one of the more common neoplasms of Western countries. It is commonly diagnosed at a precocious stage but, because of local relapse and/or metastatic disease, only half of radically resected patients can be considered free of disease. In patients presenting at diagnosis with stage IV disease the best treatment is still unknown."
"If the patient is a candidate for surgical resection, the primary ...