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ArchivesRadiation Before Surgery Can Increase Bowel and Sexual Problems
Although giving radiation before rectal cancer surgery reduces the risk that cancer will return in the rectum and nearby tissues, it does so at a cost. Quality-of-life studies that accompanied a trial of a short course of radiation therapy before surgery found more sexual and bowel problems with presurgical radiation. Continue reading…
Posted by Kate Murphy on September 27th, 2008
Posted in: Research & Treatment News | 4 Comments »
Tags: chemoradiation, rectal cancer, surgery








