The phrase "a decrease in rectal" is grammatically correct but may be contextually incomplete or unclear in written English.
You can use it in medical or scientific contexts when discussing a reduction in rectal measurements, functions, or conditions.
Example: "The study observed a decrease in rectal temperature among the participants after the treatment."
Alternatives: "a reduction in rectal" or "a decline in rectal".
In addition, a decrease in rectal temperature to 35.0 ± 0.3 °C and body weight loss of 2.6 ± 0.5 g was observed in infected animals 24 h post infection (all mean ± s.e.m., n = 6).
In the same year, Chao and colleagues reported that physical activity was significantly related to a decrease in rectal cancer, but that colon cancer was not related.
Advanced treatment delivery such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) demonstrated a decrease in rectal toxicity compared to three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) with equal radiation doses [ 5, 6].
While Dox injection per se had no significant effect on most of the parameters investigated in this study, Dox-induced deletion of Y2 receptors on central NPY-ergic neurons in male mice is associated with a trend to increased spontaneous food intake and a significant decrease in rectal temperature, with no change in faecal output (Table 2).
Clinical response was defined as a decrease from baseline in the total Mayo Score by at least 3 points and at least 30% with an accompanying decrease in rectal bleeding subscore of at least 1 point or a absolute rectal bleeding subscore of 0 or 1 point (12, 13).
Interestingly, a large population-based cohort study of the use of phenothiazines has indicated a decrease in risk of rectal, colon and prostate cancer [44].
We also detected a small but significant acute decrease in rectal temperature after carprofen administration, although the biological significance of this observation is unclear.
Main Outcome Measure: An increase in rectal pressure and a decrease in CTT by magnetic stimulation.
The decrease in rectal dose was associated with only mild rectal acute toxicity (no grade 2 or higher) which completely resolved after three months.
In contrast there was a decrease in the cumulative risk for sigmoid and rectal cancers between those born around 1900 and those born around 1950.
12 14 The USA data cover nearly five decades and demonstrate a steady increase in the incidence, or reporting, of stomach and rectal tumours and a decrease in that of appendiceal NETs.
