Is total mesorectal excision really important?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 177-180

  Gordon, Philip H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EXCISION; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033887038     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9098(200007)74:3<177::AID-JSO2>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Editorial

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