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Primary adenosquamous and squamous cell carcinoma of the colon and rectum

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Three new cases of squamous cell and adenosquamous carcinoma of the rectum are reported, bringing the total number of cases in the English medical literature to 72. Each of the three patients presented with painless hematochezia. Therapy was by surgical resection followed by chemoradiation therapy in two patients. The incidence, presentation, diagnostic criteria and methods, tumor location, natural history, theory of etiology and management of this unusual tumor are discussed.

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Trois nouveaux cas de cancer spino-cellulaire et adénosquameux sont rapportés portant le nombre total de cas dans la litérature anglaise à 72. Chacun des trois malades présentait une hémorragie indolore. Le traitement par résection chirurgicale fût suivi de radiochimiothérapie dans deux cas. L'incidence, la symptomatologie, les critères et méthodes diagnostiques, la localisation tumorale, l'histoire naturelle, la théorie étiologique et le traitement de cette tumeur inhabituelle sont discutées.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    T. A. Schneider II & Anthony M. Vernava III M.D.

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    D. H. Birkett

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Schneider, T.A., Birkett, D.H. & Vernava, A.M. Primary adenosquamous and squamous cell carcinoma of the colon and rectum. Int J Colorect Dis 7, 144–147 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00360355

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