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...letter, her doctor, who is the president of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, said that no recurrence of her disease was to be expected as the disease was non-cancerous and "she is at this time and will be in the future physically capable to practice medicine and be a medical student...
Senator Frank Church, 51. Had cancerous left testicle removed 28 years ago with no recurrence of disease. Rectal polyp, presumably benign, removed in 1969. Suffers high-frequency hearing loss. Advised to control weight, but otherwise in good health...
...Walnut Creek, Calif., restaurant, was admitted to the University of California Medical Center with what Dr. Curt Ries diagnosed as agranulocytosis. The condition, characterized by the body's inability to produce white blood cells, had left Strom weak and feverish and with so severe an infection in his rectal area that doctors were forced to perform a colostomy, bypassing his lower bowel...
...Some argue that receiving free medical care makes it awkward to be critical about the treatment if it is unsatisfactory. Others feel that friends may be unwilling to perform embarrassing but vital procedures. For example, in giving a doctor friend a general checkup, one physician failed to perform a rectal examination. The patient was later found to have inoperable cancer of the prostate...
Earlier diagnosis, which enables prompt surgical treatment, is credited with reducing fatalities in cases of breast, cervical, prostatic and rectal cancers. The chemotherapeutic approach, in which drugs are administered in series or in combination, is being used with encouraging results against Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymphatic system, and other systemic cancers...