Current Practice Carcinoma of the Caecum and Colon

rectum another 5,470. Growths in the rectum itself account for about one-third of the large bowel tumours, followed by growths of the sigmoid colon ; but no part of the large intestine is privileged to be exempt from this disease. Although it is somewhat arbitrary on pathological grounds to differentiate growths of the rectum from the rest of the large bowel, differences in clinical features, diagnosis, and management do give this division some practical value. The rest of these notes are therefore confined to the colon and caecum.