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Twenty-five years’ experience with surgical therapy of cancer of the colon and rectum

An analysis of 1,887 cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. From the Surgical Service, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York

    John H. Garlock M.D., Bernard Lerman M.D., Samuel H. Klein M.D., Albert S. Lyons M.D. & Paul A. Kirschner M.D.

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This study was supported by a grant from the Surgical A Research Fund.

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Garlock, J.H., Lerman, B., Klein, S.H. et al. Twenty-five years’ experience with surgical therapy of cancer of the colon and rectum. Dis Colon Rectum 5, 247–263 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616470

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