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Why are so Many Patients with Rectal Cancer Still Treated with Abdominoperineal Resection in America?

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Centre for Academic Surgery, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, UK

    Jamie Murphy B.Chir., M.R.C.S., Derek J. Boyle M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.S., Chetan Bhan M.B., M.B.B.S., M.R.C.S. & Norman S. Williams M.S., F.R.C.S.

  2. Centre for Academic Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, 3rd Floor Alexandra Wing, E1 1BB, London, UK

    Jamie Murphy B.Chir., M.R.C.S.

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Murphy, J., Boyle, D.J., Bhan, C. et al. Why are so Many Patients with Rectal Cancer Still Treated with Abdominoperineal Resection in America?. Dis Colon Rectum 51, 1435 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-008-9313-5

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