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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, San Francisco, California, May 4 to 8, 1975
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Smith, W.G. The cancer family syndrome and familial clustering of solitary colorectal carcinoma: Surgical and theoretical considerations. Dis Colon Rectum 19, 126–132 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590864
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590864