Up to 12% of these tumours still confined to the bowel wall have already spread to regional lymph nodes.

Pneumatosis intestinalis refers to gas cysts in the bowel wall.

This syndrome occurs due to potential burns to the bowel wall when the polyp is removed.

In view of its poor absorption and high local concentration, its site of action seems likely to be within the bowel wall.

All of these treatments, however, suffer from the same inability to reach tumour outside the bowel wall.

The pouches occur where there is a gap between the muscle fibres of the bowel wall.

Enemas and rectal suppositories should not be used in patients who have damage to the bowel wall.

The tumor was an adenocarcinoma extending just through the bowel wall.

It plays a role in the integrity of the bowel wall and its defenses.

Whether the tumor has spread into or through the bowel wall.