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8 - The changing role of endoluminal ultrasound in rectal cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2010

By
Peter Chowdhury ,
Rhodri Davies  and
Ashley Roberts
Edited by
Gina Brown
Peter Chowdhury
Affiliation:
Consultant Radiologist, Swansea NHS Trust Swansea UK
Rhodri Davies
Affiliation:
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Caerphilly Miners' Hospital Caerphilly UK
Ashley Roberts
Affiliation:
Consultant Radiologist, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff CF14 4XW UK
Gina Brown
Affiliation:
Royal Marsden Hospital
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Colorectal Cancer , pp. 136 - 156
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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