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Clinicopathological attributes and outcomes of treatment in young-onset rectal cancer

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We wish to acknowledge the immense help rendered by Mrs. Rama Ranganathan, Dept. of Biostatistics and Tumor Registry, Cancer Institute (WIA), with the statistical analysis.

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, 600036, India

    Deepak Damodaran & Ramakrishnan Ayloor Seshadri

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Damodaran, D., Seshadri, R.A. Clinicopathological attributes and outcomes of treatment in young-onset rectal cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis 31, 757–759 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2266-y

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