Watch and Wait is Changing: We Need to Change How We Count Costs

Christopher Rao^{1

2}, Arthur Sun Myint^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Carlisle, UK. christopher.rao@imperial.ac.uk.
² Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK. christopher.rao@imperial.ac.uk.
³ The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool, UK.
⁴ University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

Editorial

Christopher Rao et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;31(12):7673-7675.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-16175-y. Epub 2024 Sep 2.

Christopher Rao^{1

2}, Arthur Sun Myint^{3

4}

¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Carlisle, UK. christopher.rao@imperial.ac.uk.
² Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK. christopher.rao@imperial.ac.uk.
³ The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool, UK.
⁴ University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

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