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Healthcare providers often detect prostate cancer using routine screening tools, including a digital rectal exam and a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test.
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Carrie Madormo, Health, 6 July 2025
The most accurate way to check a dog’s temperature is to use a pet-safe digital rectal thermometer.
—Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 2 July 2025
The five-year survival rates are good if the cancer remains localized (early stages): 91% for colon cancer and 90% for rectal cancer.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
This new finding, presented at AACR and published in NEJM on Sunday, builds upon a previous study that used the same drug to treat 100 percent of rectal cancer patients in their trial—in other words, each and every patient's tumor vanished.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Carrie Madormo, Health, 6 July 2025
The most accurate way to check a dog’s temperature is to use a pet-safe digital rectal thermometer.
—Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 2 July 2025
The five-year survival rates are good if the cancer remains localized (early stages): 91% for colon cancer and 90% for rectal cancer.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
This new finding, presented at AACR and published in NEJM on Sunday, builds upon a previous study that used the same drug to treat 100 percent of rectal cancer patients in their trial—in other words, each and every patient's tumor vanished.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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“Rectal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rectal. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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