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. 2022 May 1;65(5):e334.
doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002431.

Comment on "Perioperative Blood Transfusions Are Associated With Worse Overall Survival but Not Disease-Free Survival After Curative Rectal Cancer Resection: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis"-Confusing Patient Numbers at Risk

Quanzhen Shang  1 , Kang Hu  2 , Weidong Tong  2
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Comment on "Perioperative Blood Transfusions Are Associated With Worse Overall Survival but Not Disease-Free Survival After Curative Rectal Cancer Resection: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis"-Confusing Patient Numbers at Risk

Quanzhen Shang et al. Dis Colon Rectum. .
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    Hanna DN, Hawkins AT, Stewart TG, Wang L. Hanna DN, et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 May 1;65(5):e335-e336. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002433. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022. PMID: 35185135 No abstract available.

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