Cancer of the large bowel, colon cancer, rectum cancer. The rectum is the part of the large bowel just above the anus.
Reviewed by Dr C R Jacobs, Clinical Oncologist, August 2008.
Reviewed by Dr Estelle Wilken, Senior Specialist, Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Hospital, August 2010
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