Carcinoma of Colon and Rectum

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TWO basically conflicting trends in the treatment of cancer of the colon and rectum are evident today. One school of surgeons, believing that present results are excellent, attempts to limit the number of radical operations and advocates the preservation of sphincters. The other school, apparently feeling that today's results are poor, advocates more extensive surgery than has been done in the past. Both groups have produced apparently logical support in the surgical literature, on both pathological and statistical grounds.The student who attempts to correlate the various statements that have been made in recent publications will therefore recognize many unsolved . . .