Extensive surgery after high-dose preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced recurrent rectal cancer
✍ Scribed by Claus Rödel; Gerhard G. Grabenbauer; Klaus E. Matzel; Christoph Schick; Rainer Fietkau; Thomas Papadopoulos; Peter Martus; Werner Hohenberger; Rolf Sauer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 742 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-3706
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