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01.03.2005
Practice Parameters for the Management of Rectal Cancer (Revised)
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Prepared by The Standards Practice Task Force, The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons: Joe J. Tjandra, M.D., John W. Kilkenny, M.D., W. Donald Buie, M.D., Neil Hyman, M.D., Clifford Simmang, M.D., Thomas Anthony, M.D., Charles Orsay, M.D., James Church, M.D., Daniel Otchy, M.D., Jeffrey Cohen, M.D., Ronald Place, M.D., Frederick Denstman, M.D., Jan Rakinic, M.D., Richard Moore, M.D., Mark Whiteford, M.D.
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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
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Ausgabe 3/2005
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Excerpt
Colorectal adenocarcinoma is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in western countries. Rectal cancer comprises approximately 25 percent of the malignancies arising in the large bowel. The estimated occurrence of new rectal cancer cases in the United States was projected to be 40,570 during 2004.
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