Structured Summary
Abstract
Tumors or cancer of the RECTUM.
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- Neoplasms, Rectal
- Rectal Tumors
- Rectum Neoplasms
- Neoplasm, Rectal
- Neoplasm, Rectum
- Rectal Neoplasm
- Rectal Tumor
- Rectum Neoplasm
- Tumor, Rectal
- Cancer of Rectum
- Cancer of the Rectum
- Rectal Cancer
- Rectum Cancer
- Cancer, Rectal
- Cancer, Rectum
- Rectal Cancers
- Rectum Cancers
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39 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with histological type of neoplasm (IM); familial: consider also COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Rectal Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012004. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012004
- Rectal Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554955