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The aim of this study was to determine if robotic surgery can reproduce the technical advantages and oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of locally advanced colorectal cancer invading ...
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Downstaged ypT0-2N0 rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy may not need adjuvant chemotherapy: a retrospective cohort study
Current guidelines suggest that adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) be administered to all locally advanced (clinically T3–4 or N-positivity) rectal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) and r...
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Open AccessC1GALT1 is associated with poor survival and promotes soluble Ephrin A1-mediated cell migration through activation of EPHA2 in gastric cancer
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BRAF mutation may have different prognostic implications in early- and late-stage colorectal cancer
The prognostic implication of BRAF mutant colorectal cancer remains paradoxical. Records of BRAF mutant and wild-type colorectal cancer patients at all stages were reviewed. Clinicopathologic features, including...
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