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| April 01, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2004 United Press International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MINNEAPOLIS, April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said men who have radiation therapy for prostate cancer have a 70 percent higher risk of rectal cancer than men who have surgery instead.

The University of Minnesota study, the first to quantify rectal cancer risk associated with prostate radiation, is published in Friday's American Gastroenterological Association journal Gastroenterology. More than 85,000 men, ages 18 to 80, were included in the study.

"While the findings of our…

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