Rectal Cancer International Perspectives on Multimodality Management /

This cutting-edge book delivers state of the art information on the evaluation and management of rectal cancer. Covering the spectrum of clinical management from initial evaluation and staging, to advances and controversies in management, to survivor outcomes, sphincter preservation and quality of l...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Czito, Brian G. (Editor), Willett, Christopher G. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2010.
Series:Current Clinical Oncology
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-567-5
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