Between 1980 and 1987, we operated on 23 patients (16 men and 7 women) with fixed rectal cancer. Two patients had primary tumors. Twenty-one patients had recurrent disease (anterior resection, 8; abdominoperineal resection, 13). Eighteen patients had prior irradiation (40 Gy to 120 Gy). Resection wa
Extended resections for advanced rectal cancer
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 93
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.5637
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