Symptoms and diagnosis of local recurrence after rectal cancer treatment.
Sophia WaldenstedtEva HaglindEva AngenetePublished in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2022)
A majority of patients with local recurrence were diagnosed outside of the scheduled follow-up. Most of the patients were symptomatic at diagnosis. Symptoms were common in patients after rectal cancer surgery in general, however pain was more common in patients with local recurrence and could represent an alarm symptom.
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