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. 2015 Feb;22(1):60-3.
doi: 10.3747/co.22.2391.

Rectal cancer resection and circumferential margin rates in Canada: a population-based study

K DeCaria  1 , R Rahal  1 , J Niu  1 , G Lockwood  1 , H Bryant  2 ; System Performance Steering Committee and the Technical Working Group
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Rectal cancer resection and circumferential margin rates in Canada: a population-based study

K DeCaria et al. Curr Oncol. 2015 Feb.
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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Percentage of stage ii or iii rectal cancer patients diagnosed in 2009 and 2010 who had a surgical resection within 1 year of diagnosis, by province. Data for Quebec and British Columbia and 2010 data for Ontario not available. Data source: provincial cancer agencies.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Percentage of invasive rectal cancer resections (2010 diagnosis year, patients 20 years of age and older) with a positive circumferential margin, by province. Data for Quebec not available, and data for Prince Edward Island supressed because of statistical unreliability owing to small numbers. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Cancer Registry.
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