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Electrofulguration for Rectal Cancer

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Colorectal Cancer

Part of the book series: Boerhaave Series for Postgraduate Medical Education ((BSPM,volume 18))

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Purely local treatment for a malignant disease which has a tendency to metastasize to regional nodes would seem to be oncological heresy, all the more so when the regional nodes are not easily accessible for routine examination and when these nodes are often the first and temporarily the sole localization of metastatic spread.

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  1. E. A. van Slooten
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  2. O. A. van Dobbenburgh
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  1. Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands

    K. Welvaart

  2. Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    L. H. Blumgart

  3. Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J. Kreuning

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van Slooten, E.A., van Dobbenburgh, O.A. (1980). Electrofulguration for Rectal Cancer. In: Welvaart, K., Blumgart, L.H., Kreuning, J. (eds) Colorectal Cancer. Boerhaave Series for Postgraduate Medical Education, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9158-3_20

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