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Minsky, B.D., Cohen, A.M. Blood Vessel Invasion in Colorectal Cancer—an Alternative to TNM Staging?. Ann Surg Oncol 6, 129–130 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10434-999-0129-x
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