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Comment
. 2004 Mar;57(3):335-6.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.2003.013441.

Lymph node retrieval after neoadjuvant radiotherapy for rectal adenocarcinoma

N Scott, C Thorne, D Jayne
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Lymph node retrieval after neoadjuvant radiotherapy for rectal adenocarcinoma

N Scott et al. J Clin Pathol. 2004 Mar.
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Figure 1
Median diameters of the lymph nodes retrieved from patients treated with surgery only (3.5 mm), short course radiotherapy (3 mm), and long course radiotherapy (3 mm). The numbers of lymph nodes retrieved for each group are shown. The open circles represent outliers.
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