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Colon and Rectum

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The importance of the rectal examination cannot be over-stressed: it should ideally form part of every complete bowel examination. A measure of the importance of the rectal examination is gauged by the fact that about 15% of all large bowel cancers can be felt digitally. It is usually possible to reach further with a finger than can be seen with an anoscope.

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Bateson, M.C., Bouchier, I.A.D. (2017). Colon and Rectum. In: Clinical Investigations in Gastroenterology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53786-3_8

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