Abstract
Four patients with adenocarcinoma of the rectum were treated by cryosurgery. In all cases there was considerable improvement in local symptomatology following treatment, although in 2 patients troublesome complications were encountered following application of the cryoprobe. All 4 patients are alive at 2 years.
Keywords: rectal carcinoma, cryosurgery
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