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Thresholds and combined quality control in the multimodal treatment of colorectal cancer

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    Dimitrios H. Roukos, Georgios Baltogiannis & Christos G. Katsios

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Roukos, D.H., Baltogiannis, G. & Katsios, C.G. Thresholds and combined quality control in the multimodal treatment of colorectal cancer. Surg Endosc 24, 1789–1790 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0846-z

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