Preoperative prediction of late cancer-specific deaths in patients with rectal and rectosigmoid carcinoma
✍ Scribed by E. Ståhle; B. Glimelius; R. Bergström; L. Påhlman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 542 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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