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01-09-2014 | Letter to the Editor

Questionable role of adjuvant chemotherapy in rectal cancer patients who had reached pathological complete response after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy: no matter in the East or in the West

Authors: William Tzu-Liang Chen, Tao-Wei Ke, Chia-Chin Li, Chun-Ru Chien

Published in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology | Issue 9/2014

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To the Editors, …

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Title: Questionable role of adjuvant chemotherapy in rectal cancer patients who had reached pathological complete response after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy: no matter in the East or in the West
Authors: William Tzu-Liang Chen
Tao-Wei Ke
Chia-Chin Li
Chun-Ru Chien
Publication date: 01-09-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology / Issue 9/2014
Print ISSN: 0171-5216
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1335
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-014-1749-5

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