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rectal cancer  

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  • RECTAL CANCER IS one of the most fatal forms of cancer, ranking second to lung cancer in men and third after lung and breast cancer in women. Genetics plays an important role in the development of rectal cancer; a genetic link to the disease is present in more than half of all cases. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Rectal Cancer]

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