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Will you need a permanent stoma?

One of the first questions patients who have been diagnosed with rectal cancer ask is, "Will I need a permanent stoma?" In the video at right, Dr. Deborah Nagle, chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, provides an answer to that important question.

For more information about stomas, click here.

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Rectal Cancer Clinic
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
East Campus-Shapiro Clinical Center, 3rd Floor
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
617-667-4159
rcc@bidmc.harvard.edu