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Case #8 -
A 55 year old male with 3 months rectal bleeding

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
15.) How should this patient be followed after resection?

Postoperative followup:

a. History and physical examination: every 3 months for 2 years; then every 6

months for 3 years; and then annually

b. CEA every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years

c. Colonoscopy after 12 months and then, if negative, every 3 years

 
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