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Changing site distribution patterns of colorectal cancer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

Analyzed data from an earlier reported experience with colorectal cancer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, compared with findings observed and analyzed from 1959 to 1977 indicate a changing pattern of distribution of colorectal cancers. These changes lead to therapeutic conclusion that fiberoptic flexible sigmoidoscopy is the preferred diagnostic tool.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Francis E. Rosato M.D. & Gerald Marks M.D.

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  1. Francis E. Rosato M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Hollywood Florida, May 11 to 16, 1980.

Supported in part by the Kapnek Charitable Trust.

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Rosato, F.E., Marks, G. Changing site distribution patterns of colorectal cancer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dis Colon Rectum 24, 93–95 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02604295

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