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Pre-Operative Staging: Endorectal Ultrasound

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Santoro, G.A., Ratto, C. (2005). Pre-Operative Staging: Endorectal Ultrasound. In: Rectal Cancer. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0343-1_3

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