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Cancers of the colon and rectum are among the most frequent causes of illness and death in Europe and in the world. There are every year in the EEC countries, about 130,000 newly diagnosed cases and about 90,000 deaths from colorectal cancer.
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Hardcastle, J.D. (1993). How Frequent is Colorectal Cancer?. In: Hardcastle, J.D. (eds) Colorectal Cancer. Europe Against Cancer European Commission Series for General Practitioners. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78225-1_1
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