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Abstract
Tumors or cancer of the COLON or the RECTUM or both. Risk factors for colorectal cancer include chronic ULCERATIVE COLITIS; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS COLI; exposure to ASBESTOS; and irradiation of the CERVIX UTERI.
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15 entry terms
- Colorectal Tumors
- Neoplasms, Colorectal
- Colorectal Neoplasm
- Colorectal Tumor
- Neoplasm, Colorectal
- Tumor, Colorectal
- Tumors, Colorectal
- Colorectal Cancer
- Colorectal Carcinoma
- Cancer, Colorectal
- Cancers, Colorectal
- Carcinoma, Colorectal
- Carcinomas, Colorectal
- Colorectal Cancers
- Colorectal Carcinomas
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39 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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COLONIC NEOPLASMS and RECTAL NEOPLASMS are also available; coordinate with histological type of neoplasm if given; GENES, DCC (for "Deleted in Colorectal Cancer") & GENES, MCC (for "Mutated in Colorectal Cancer") are available
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- Colonic Neoplasms (1966-1988)
- Rectal Neoplasms (1966-1988)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Colorectal Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015179. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015179
- Colorectal Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58833976