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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2013; 19(8): 1152-1157
Published online Feb 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i8.1152
Published online Feb 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i8.1152
Staging colorectal cancer with the TNM 7th: The presumption of innocence when applying the M category
Giacomo Puppa, Service de Pathologie Clinique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Graeme Poston, Department of Surgery, Aintree University Hospitals, Liverpool L9 7AL, United Kingdom
Per Jess, Department of Surgery, Roskilde Hospital, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
Guy F Nash, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Poole General Hospital, Poole BH15 2JB, United Kingdom
Kenneth Coenegrachts, Department of Radiology, AZ St.-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, B-8000 Bruges, Belgium
Axel Stang, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Palliative Care, Asklepios Hospital Hamburg-Barmbek, 22291 Hamburg, Germany
Author contributions: Puppa G and Stang A designed the study and wrote the paper; Puppa G and Coenegrachts K provided the images from their departments; Poston G, Jess P, Nash GF and Coenegrachts K revised the text for important intellectual content.
Correspondence to: Giacomo Puppa, MD, PhD, Service de Pathologie Clinique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, 1, rue Michel Servet, 1211 Genève, Switzerland. giacomo.puppa@hcuge.ch
Telephone: +41-22-3724956 Fax: +41-22-3724924
Received: June 25, 2012
Revised: August 18, 2012
Accepted: September 19, 2012
Published online: February 28, 2013
Revised: August 18, 2012
Accepted: September 19, 2012
Published online: February 28, 2013
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