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Local regrowth after ʻWatch and Waitʼ strategy: is salvage surgery enough for disease control?

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  1. Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Roberto Peltrini, Emanuele Caruso & Luigi Bucci

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Peltrini, R., Caruso, E. & Bucci, L. Local regrowth after ʻWatch and Waitʼ strategy: is salvage surgery enough for disease control?. Int J Colorectal Dis 34, 1505–1506 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-019-03348-5

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