Colorectal cancer and rectal bleeding in primary care: Rectal bleeding needs attention in primary care

EDITOR—Du Toit et al emphasise the importance of rectal bleeding in primary care and try to address this important management dilemma.1 One potential weakness of the study, however, was its assumption that bleeding was caused by any neoplasia found, rather than more common causes. The character of rectal bleeding (bright red v dark) was not mentioned, nor was the coexistence of …