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What is the rate of survival for rectal cancer?
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Depends on staging: Median survival of about 27-30 months in metastatic disease who response to proper treatment.
Answered 11/14/2019
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Hard to be: Specific, and the answer excellent with treatment is likley not what you are looking for. Where it is towards bottom or higher influences procedure, penetration into wall, and involved nodes or not need to know to give more specific. I'd expect cure most of the time.
Answered 11/14/2019
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