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Combined therapy for cancer of the anal canal: A preliminary report

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan

    Norman D. Nigro M.D.

  2. Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan

    V. K. Vaitkevicius M.D.

  3. Section of Radiotherapy, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan

    Basil Considine Jr. M.D.

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  1. Norman D. Nigro M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, Detroit, Michigan, June 10 to 14, 1973.

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Nigro, N.D., Vaitkevicius, V.K. & Considine, B. Combined therapy for cancer of the anal canal: A preliminary report. Dis Colon Rectum 36, 709–711 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02238600

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