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ASO Author Reflections: Obturator Lymph Node Metastasis of Low Rectal Cancer

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  1. Department of Colorectal Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Zhifen Chen MD, PhD, Kazuhito Sasaki MD, PhD & Soichiro Ishihara MD, PhD

  2. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China

    Zhifen Chen MD, PhD

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Chen, Z., Sasaki, K. & Ishihara, S. ASO Author Reflections: Obturator Lymph Node Metastasis of Low Rectal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 29, 4220–4221 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-11408-4

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