Symptoms of rectosigmoid carcinoma.
The presenting symptoms of 167 patients with carcinoma of the rectum, sigmoid, and rectosigmoid were reviewed. The earliest symptom was a change in bowel habits and the most frequent symptom was visible blood in the stool followed by a change in bowel habits. The duration of symptoms was not related to survival or the stage of tumor found during surgery.
D000005:Abdomen; D001835:Body Weight; D003672:Defecation; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology