: relating to, affecting, or being near the rectum
rectal walls
rectal cancer
rectallyadverb
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This new finding, presented at AACR and published in NEJM on Sunday, builds upon a previous study that used the same drug to treat 100 percent of rectal cancer patients in their trial—in other words, each and every patient's tumor vanished.—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 The immunotherapy protocol successfully treated 100% of rectal cancer patients involved in the trial.—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025 However, the rectal route may be more common than scientists have realized.—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025 Between 5-10 percent of rectal tumors and 2-10 percent of other solid tumor cancers in the sample (including esophageal, colon and prostate cancers) are believed to be related to the MMRd gene.—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rectal
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