Objective: To present Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de México, Gastroenterology Service management of rectal cancer in pregnant patients in a retrospective case study.
Case Report: Two patients were found, 25 an 34 years of age; both adenocarcinomas presented in Dukes D stage and manifested in third trimester of pregnancy. Main clinical manifestations were pelvic pain, hematochezia, and weight loss. Both patients died due to disease progression.
Conclusions: Rectal cancer in pregnant patients is generally an advanced disease at diagnosis.
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