Rectosigmoid junction,” he said, referring to a zone where the rectum and colon meet. After surgery came chemotherapy. He did 10 rounds of infusions, 28 rounds of radiation and oral chemotherapy.

At the rectosigmoid junction, formed stools with blood streaks at the periphery were seen (see Figure 2). After advancing the instrument to the middle part of the sigmoid colon, normal stools ...

We describe a case of a 60-year-old man initially diagnosed with a foreign body impacted into the wall of the rectosigmoid junction upon screening colonoscopy. Incidentally, ingestion of the wooden ...

Mean age at diagnosis for cancers of the rectosigmoid junction and rectum was significantly younger than for cancers of the colon (68.0 years compared with 69.1, respectively) (P <0.001).

Bowel endometriosis affects 3-37% of patients with endometriosis, involving more frequently the rectum and the rectosigmoid junction. Severe endometriosis with bowel involvement is often refractory to ...

Receipt of chemo and RT was associated with younger age, stage III, rectosigmoid junction (vs. rectum NOS) tumor, receipt of staging PET, and patient beliefs that chemo/RT would help them live longer, ...

The population consisted of 255 consecutive unselected patients who had undergone first-line chemotherapy for colorectal cancer at five oncology departments between September 2001 and December ...