# OnCo record low-anterior-resection-syndrome (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/terms/low-anterior-resection-syndrome/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "low-anterior-resection-syndrome" ;
  schema:name "Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "LARS"@en, "LARS score"@en, "bowel dysfunction after rectal surgery"@en, "anterior resection syndrome"@en ;
  schema:description "The group of bowel problems that can follow sphincter-preserving surgery for rectal cancer: going more often, urgency with or without leaking, feeling the bowel is not empty, passing small amounts little and often, and not being able to tell wind from stool. NICE asks teams to warn people before surgery, to measure it with the LARS score and to treat it in primary care."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/low-anterior-resection-syndrome/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-24"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng151/chapter/Recommendations>, <https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/bowel-cancer/living-with/bowel-changes-after-treatment>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/bowel-cancer/managing-bowel-changes-after-treatment>, <https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-cancer/living-with-and-beyond-bowel-cancer/change-in-bowel-habit-after-treatment/>, <https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0b013e31824f1c21> ;
  onco:tag "gi", "colorectal" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/survivorship-care-plan/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/total-mesorectal-excision/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/stoma/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/late-effects/> .