The safe distal tumour-free margin after sphincter preserving resection for rectal cancer: An ongoing debate

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-132

  Penninckx, Freddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

ANAL CANAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855724204     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02915.x     Document Type: Editorial

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