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Colorectal cancer: Prevention and early detection are the issues, not postoperative surveillance

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Petrelli, N.J. Colorectal cancer: Prevention and early detection are the issues, not postoperative surveillance. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2, 467–468 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02307077

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