Clinical manifestations of cancer of the colon and rectum
Woolley, P.V.
Seminars in Oncology 3(4): 373-376
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0093-7754 PMID: 793014 Document Number: 106213
Cancer of the large bowel produces a background of abdominal pain, bleeding, and altered bowel function. The anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the bowel modify this basic pattern to emphasize certain features and minimize others, so that disease in different locations produces different patterns.