Synonyms for colorectal
ˌkoʊ ləˈrɛk tlcol·orec·tal

Princeton's WordNet

1. colorectaladjective

   relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum

   "most colorectal cancers arise from adenomatous polyps"

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1. List of paraphrases for "colorectal":

   rectum

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1. William Dahut:

   We’re not trying to blame anybody for their cancer diagnosis, but when you see something occurring in a short period of time, it’s more likely something external to the patient that’s driving that, and it’s hard not to at least think – when you have something like colorectal cancer – that something diet-related is not impossible.

2. Julieanna Hever:

   These products increase your risk for colorectal cancer significantly, the American Institute for Cancer Research suggests avoiding them altogether.

3. Rebecca Siegel:

   This report is very important because it not only provides a snapshot of the current colorectal cancer burden, but also a window to the future.

4. Otis Brawley:

   We need to also focus on the fact that there are some good screening tests that actually clearly save lives, that we are not using enough, i would point out that 55% to 60% of Americans over the age of 50 are up do date on colorectal cancer screening. We could save a lot of lives if we could just get to 80% by 2018. We could help to decrease the cancer death rate that way. I would point out that there is no debate that mammography saves lives -- and if you look at women over the age of 45, about a third to 40% are not up to date on mammography. Many have never actually even had a mammogram, and we need to work on that.

5. Roger Perlmutter:

   In colorectal cancer, it's unambiguous. Administration of Keytruda is much, much more effective in those people who have DNA repair mutations.