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Sphincter Preservation for Distal Rectal Cancer: Paradise Lost?

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  1. Division of Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY, 14263

    Nicholas J. Petrelli MD & Thomas K. Weber MD

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Petrelli, N.J., Weber, T.K. Sphincter Preservation for Distal Rectal Cancer: Paradise Lost?. Ann Surg Oncol 6, 413–415 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10434-999-0413-9

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