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Staging of colorectal cancer

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Moderator: Dr. Jass. The staging of colorectal cancer, a seemingly innocuous and dry subject, has within the last few years become topical and indeed spiked with emotion. A panel of five surgeons and five histopathologists, all with a special interest in colorectal cancer, have been invited to respond to a series of pertinent but fairly open-ended questions. I hope that you will find their answers both thought-provoking and instructive.

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Nicholls, R.J., Mortensen, N.J.M., Northover, J.M.A. (1991). Staging of colorectal cancer. In: Nicholls, R.J., Mortensen, N.J.M., Northover, J.M.A. (eds) Topics in Colorectal Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76281-9_2

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