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Copyright ©2008 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2008; 14(39): 6018-6023
Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6018
Figure 1
Figure 1 Crude survival after isolated local recurrence in rectal cancer patients initially treated with a macroscopically radical local resection obtained with TME in Greater Amsterdam according to treatment for recurrence. Radical surgery is defined as surgery without macroscopically or microscopically residual disease. Non-radical surgery is defined as surgery with macroscopically or microscopically residual disease.
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Figure 2 Crude survival after isolated local recurrence in rectal cancer patients initially treated with a macroscopically radical local resection obtained with TME in Greater Amsterdam according to radiotherapeutic treatment of the primary tumour.
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Figure 3 Crude survival after distant dissemination in rectal cancer patients initially treated with a macroscopically radical local resection obtained with TME in Greater Amsterdam according to treatment for distant dissemination.