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Published in: Surgical Endoscopy 5/2008

01-05-2008 | Letter

Robotic surgery for rectal cancer: may it improve also survival?

Authors: Dimosthenis Ziogas, Dimitrios Roukos

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 5/2008

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Treatment and survival of patients with solid cancers have been improved over the last years. Two of the major goals and challenges for various cancers including colorectal, stomach, breast and other tumors are: local control by appropriate surgery alone or plus chemoradiotherapy [1‐4] and personalized adjuvant systemic treatment through molecular and genetic biomarkers [5‐8]. …
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Metadata
Title
Robotic surgery for rectal cancer: may it improve also survival?
Authors
Dimosthenis Ziogas
Dimitrios Roukos
Publication date
01-05-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 5/2008
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-008-9796-0

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