PROSTATIC CARCINOMA INVOLVING THE RECTUM—The Problem of Differentiation from Other Malignant Lesions

摘要

In a series of 150 cases of prostatic cancer, thirteen involved the rectum and presented the problem of differential diagnosis.Although special studies were helpful, the resolution of the problem depended upon adequate biopsy for histological diagnosis. The treatment was palliative estrogen therapy and bilateral orchiectomy.