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The prognostic implications of obstructing left colonic cancers

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Obstructing colonic cancers pose a difficult problem from the points of pathology and prognosis. There are many reports in the literature pertaining to the management and treatment of patients with left-sided colonic obstruction. This study documents the more advanced state of cancers with acute obstruction

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  1. Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

    Clarence J. Schein M.D. & Richard H. Gemming P.A.(C)

  2. Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, 111 E. 210 Street, 10467, Bronx, New York

    Clarence J. Schein M.D. & Richard H. Gemming P.A.(C)

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Schein, C.J., Gemming, R.H. The prognostic implications of obstructing left colonic cancers. Dis Colon Rectum 24, 454–455 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02626782

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