直肠癌是常见结直肠癌之一,其近年来发病率和死亡率呈逐年上升趋势。外科治疗迄今仍是其主要的治疗手段,由于种种原因,临床上误诊而延误治疗者仍屡见不鲜,使不少能手术根治患者失去治疗良机。我院于2000年1月至2002年6月共收治直肠癌患者169例,其中首诊误诊41例,占24·2%,本文 Rectal cancer is one of the common colorectal cancer. Its morbidity and mortality have been increasing year by year. Surgical treatment is still its main treatment method so far. Due to various reasons, it is not uncommon for clinicians to misdiagnose and delay the treatment, so that many patients who can be treated by radical surgery lose the opportunity for treatment. Our hospital from January 2000 to June 2002 were treated 169 cases of patients with rectal cancer, including the first diagnosis of misdiagnosis in 41 cases, accounting for 24.2%, this article