In total, 2, 268 patients who had been referred by their GP to a specialist with symptoms such as rectal bleeding, and increased bowel movements were studied.

BBC: Bowel cancer risk pinpointed

The nation's preeminent doctors furiously debate the relative efficacy of these alternatives, but the treatments all come with the potential for nasty side effects, ranging from incontinence to rectal bleeding.

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The U.S.' preeminent doctors furiously debate the relative efficacy of these alternatives, but the treatments all come with the potential for nasty side effects, ranging from incontinence to rectal bleeding.

FORBES: Men, Cancer & Hope

Researchers at Memorial Sloan- Kettering reported in 2002 that a mere 4% of 698 prostate cancer patients who underwent IMRT suffered significant rectal bleeding, less than one-third the rate for older technology.

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