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My elder brother 53, has been diagnosed rectal cancer. Any remedies for this. Please suggest
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If it is operable, go for surgery first. Depending on the postoperative pathology report further treatment will be decided. If it is inoperable, but nonmetastatic, then go for concomitant chemoradiotherapy first. This will be followed by surgery.
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