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  1. Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Theodore J. Saclarides M.D. (Professor of Surgery, Head), Keith W. Millikan M.D. (Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Undergraduate Surgical Education, Director) & Constantine V. Godellas M.D. (Associate Professor of Surgery, Academic Program Coordinator) (Professor of Surgery, Head),  (Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Undergraduate Surgical Education, Director) &  (Associate Professor of Surgery, Academic Program Coordinator)

  2. Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery Department of General Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Theodore J. Saclarides M.D. (Professor of Surgery, Head) (Professor of Surgery, Head)

  3. Nutrition Consultation Service Department of General Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Keith W. Millikan M.D. (Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Undergraduate Surgical Education, Director) (Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Undergraduate Surgical Education, Director)

  4. Department of General Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Constantine V. Godellas M.D. (Associate Professor of Surgery, Academic Program Coordinator) (Associate Professor of Surgery, Academic Program Coordinator)

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Brand, M.I. (2003). Colon Cancer. In: Saclarides, T.J., Millikan, K.W., Godellas, C.V. (eds) Surgical Oncology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21701-0_37

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