Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Rectal Cancer

Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Rectal Cancer

Guideline Number: 25

Clinical Update: December 2024

The new ‘Treatment: Patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy’ section of the NCEC National Clinical Guideline No. 25 Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Rectal Cancer is available on the

NCCP website.

Please note the new ‘Treatment: Patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy’ section (2024) supersedes the recommendations of the ‘Treatment: Patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy’ section within the NCEC National Clinical Guideline No. 25 Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Rectal Cancer (2020).

If you wish to see a copy of the complete originally published NCEC guideline for clinical reasons, please contact the HSE National Cancer Control Programme at info@cancercontrol.ie.

If you require the complete originally published NCEC guideline for any other reason (e.g. research, etc.) please contact the Clinical Effectiveness Unit in the Department of Health at ncec@health.gov.ie.”