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

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  1. Department of Surgery, Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Irene Grossmann MD, Walter Mastboom MD, PhD & Joost Klaase MD, PhD

  2. Department of Radiology, Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Johannes Avenarius MD, PhD

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Grossmann, I., Avenarius, J., Mastboom, W. et al. In Reply: The Importance of Preoperative Staging with Chest CT Scan in Patients with Colorectal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 18 (Suppl 3), 226–227 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-010-1307-6

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