Abstract
THE treatment of carcinoma of the rectum, whether by operation, radium, or roentgen ray, or a combination of these agents, is a vital problem, not only because of the complex nature and likelihood of complications of the malignancy itself, but because of the apparent increase in incidence of carcinoma in this situation. My personal experience in the treatment of carcinoma of the rectum has been entirely surgical, and yet my colleagues at The Mayo Clinic in the radiologic department are being called on more frequently to co-operate in the palliation in inoperable cases, and, in operable cases, in the application of radium or roentgen-ray treatment in the hope that its use may prevent more distant recurrences. At The Mayo Clinic the cases of carcinoma of the rectum have been arbitrarily divided into two distinct groups, the operable and the inoperable, the former being universally recommended for surgical procedures and the latter treated either by a palliative operation, radium and roentgen ray, or by radi...
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