Diseases of the colon and rectum
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There is little information about the impact of pelvic exenteration on patients' quality of life. This study aimed to measure quality of life for longer-term disease-free survivors after pelvic exenteration. ⋯ Despite the small sample, long-term quality of life in survivors of pelvic exenteration for rectal cancer is comparable to early results following primary rectal cancer resection and to mental but not physical norm-based population scores.