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Colon and Rectum Carcinoma

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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a component of the World Health Organization (WHO), estimated that there were 1,023,152 new cases of colorectal cancers worldwide in 2002 [1]. The IARC also estimated that there were 528,978 deaths due to this cause in 2002 [1].

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University Medical Center, Saint Louis, MO, USA

    David Y. Johnson & Shilpi Wadhwa

  2. Saint Louis University Medical Center and Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saint Louis, MO, USA

    Frank E. Johnson

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  1. Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University, Vista Avenue 3635, St. Louis, 63110-0050, Missouri, USA

    Frank E. Johnson

  2. Fac. Medicine, Dept. Surgery II, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Yoshihiko Maehara

  3. BC Cancer Agency, West 10th Avenue 600, Vancouver, V5Z 4E6, British Columbia, Canada

    George P. Browman

  4. School of Medicine, Washington University, S. Euclid Ave. 660, St. Louis, 63110, Missouri, USA

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  5. St Helens Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens, WA9 3DA, United Kingdom

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  6. Sydney Cancer Centre, Sydney Melanoma Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, 2050, New South Wales, Australia

    John F. Thompson

  7. Saint Louis University Medical Center, Saint Louis, 63103, Missouri, USA

    David Y. Johnson

  8. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Binney St. 44, Boston, 02115, Massachusetts, USA

    Craig C. Earle

  9. International Atlantic Economic Society, Peachtree Center 299, NEInternatio, Atlanta, 30303, Georgia, USA

    Katherine S. Virgo

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Johnson, D.Y., Wadhwa, S., Johnson, F.E. (2013). Colon and Rectum Carcinoma. In: Johnson, F., et al. Patient Surveillance After Cancer Treatment. Current Clinical Oncology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-969-7_32

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