Rectal examination
What is a rectal examination?
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Having a rectal examination
Rectal examination to check the prostate gland
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About our information
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References
Below is a sample of the sources used in our bowel cancer information. If you would like more information about the sources we use, please contact us at cancerinformationteam@macmillan.org.uk
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland (ACPGBI). Guidelines for the management of cancer of the colon, rectum and anus. 2017. Available from www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14631318/19/S1
Glynne-Jones R et al. on behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Committee. Rectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up Annals of Oncology, 2017: 28 (Supplement 4): iv22–iv40
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