"Rectum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL.
| Descriptor ID |
D012007
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.526.767 A03.556.249.249.767
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rectum" by people in Profiles.
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Creating a Safety Net Process to Improve Colon Cancer Diagnosis in Patients With Rectal Bleeding. Perm J. 2022 12 19; 26(4):21-27.
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Syphilitic Proctitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass: a Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 04; 36(4):1098-1101.
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DNA repair and cancer in colon and rectum: Novel players in genetic susceptibility. Int J Cancer. 2020 01 15; 146(2):363-372.
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ASGE guideline on the role of endoscopy for bleeding from chronic radiation proctopathy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 08; 90(2):171-182.e1.
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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program Implementation in 2 Surgical Populations in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System. JAMA Surg. 2017 07 19; 152(7):e171032.
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Participation in Activities Associated With Quality of Life for Long-Term Survivors of Rectal Cancer. Perm J. 2017; 21:16-011.
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Reliability of evaluating hospital quality by colorectal surgical site infection type. Ann Surg. 2013 Dec; 258(6):994-1000.
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Local excision of rectal cancer revisited: ACOSOG protocol Z6041. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Feb; 14(2):271.
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Screening by prostate-specific antigen and digital rectal examination in relation to prostate cancer mortality: a case-control study. Epidemiology. 2005 May; 16(3):367-76.
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Digital rectal examination and prostate-specific antigen abnormalities at the time of prostate biopsy and biopsy outcomes, 1980 to 1997. Urology. 2000 Nov 01; 56(5):817-22.