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. 1988 Jan;29(1):126–128. doi: 10.1136/gut.29.1.126

Synchronous small and large bowel cancer developing after pelvic irradiation.

H Gajraj ¹, D R Davies ¹, B T Jackson ¹

PMCID: PMC1433271 PMID: 3343006

Abstract

This case report supports the belief that there is a causal relationship between therapeutic radiation and subsequent bowel malignancy.

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