U.S., Aug. 14 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07764120) titled 'Quality of Life of Patients After Rectal Cancer Resection .' on June 12.
Brief Summary: Surgical treatment of cancer of the lower rectum by resection and coloanal anastomosis or abdominoperineal resection in both cases exposes the patient to significant functional digestive sequelae (anal incontinence or permanent stoma), and also to urinary and sexual consequences, which have a major impact on quality of life.
Locally advanced rectal cancers leading to one or the other of these two procedures have practically the same characteristics: always fairly large cancers, located in the distal third of the rectum, in most cases requiring n...