Does stage 3 rectal cancer cause serious longterm effects on continence?
6 doctors weighed in:
Does stage 3 rectal cancer cause serious longterm effects on continence?
6 doctors weighed in
Dr. Eric Kaplan
Surgery - Colorectal
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Dr. Prashant Sinha
Surgery
In brief:
Not often
The cancer itself can invade the muscles of continence for really low rectal cancers that are near the anus.
Many rectal cancers do not invade the sphincters. Surgery and the radiation that is recommended for stage 3 rectal cancer can contribute to incontinence but it is very difficult to predict and it is by no means a guarantee that incontinence will occur.
In brief:
Not often
The cancer itself can invade the muscles of continence for really low rectal cancers that are near the anus.
Many rectal cancers do not invade the sphincters. Surgery and the radiation that is recommended for stage 3 rectal cancer can contribute to incontinence but it is very difficult to predict and it is by no means a guarantee that incontinence will occur.
Dr. Prashant Sinha
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