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. 2006 Aug;244(2):330-1; author reply 331-2.
doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000230007.89561.91.

The site of the tumor, not the type of operation, determines the worse prognosis of the low rectal cancer

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The site of the tumor, not the type of operation, determines the worse prognosis of the low rectal cancer

Federico Bozzetti. Ann Surg. 2006 Aug.
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