Individualized chemotherapy and immunotherapy for rectal cancer: the next step forward

Swetha Prabhakaran¹, Joseph Ch Kong^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Central Clinical School, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Division of Cancer Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Editorial

Swetha Prabhakaran et al. ANZ J Surg. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;93(1-2):8-9.

doi: 10.1111/ans.18235.

Swetha Prabhakaran¹, Joseph Ch Kong^{1

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3

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¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Central Clinical School, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Division of Cancer Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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