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The Importance of Preoperative Staging with Chest CT Scan in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

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  1. Division of Colon & Rectum Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College & New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Raghava S. Pavoor MD & Jeffrey W. Milsom MD

  2. Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College & New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Parul J. Shukla MS, FRCS

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Pavoor, R.S., Shukla, P.J. & Milsom, J.W. The Importance of Preoperative Staging with Chest CT Scan in Patients with Colorectal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 18 (Suppl 3), 224–225 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-010-1306-7

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