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Histological processing variability in the determination of lateral resection margins in rectal cancer
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- Published on: 18 April 2016
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The histopathological assessment of prognostic factors in rectal cancer is important in guiding management. One of these factors is the circumferential resection margin (CRM). The involvement of CRM by tumour indicates a high risk of local recurrence, and is also an indicator of the quality of surgery performed1. Eid et al2 attempted to investigate the effects of processing variability on the assessment of...
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