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Initial results of a randomized controlled trial comparing clinical and pathological downstaging of rectal cancer after preoperative short-course radiotherapy or long-term chemoradiotherapy, both with delayed surgery

✍ Scribed by T. Latkauskas; H. Pauzas; I. Gineikiene; R. Janciauskiene; E. Juozaityte; Z. Saladzinskas; A. Tamelis; D. Pavalkis

Book ID: 115184832
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 57 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 1462-8910
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02815.x

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