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Synchronous colorectal cancer: clinical, pathological and molecular implications.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Jun 2014
Lam Alfred King-Yin, Chan Sally Sze-Yan, Leung Melissa
Abstract excerpt
Synchronous colorectal carcinoma refers to more than one primary colorectal carcinoma detected in a single patient at initial presentation. A literature review has shown that the prevalence of the disease is approximately 3.5% of all colorectal carcinomas. This disease has a male to female ratio of 1.8:1. The mean age at presentation of patients with synchronous colorectal cancer is in the early half of the...
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