TME: How to interpret the favourable results?

Rectal Cancer: New Frontiers in Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 73-77

  Hultèn, Leif ^a   Delaini, Gian Gaetano ^b   Scaglia, Marco ^c   Colucci, Gianluca ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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EID: 79952989769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/88-470-0343-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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