A clinical and surgical challenge: Retrorectal tumors
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Surgical treatment of retrorectal tumors: our experience in 34 patients
Background The retrorectal tumors represent a heterogeneous group of benign and malignant neoplasms which are currently treated without uniform criteria. The most used classifications are based on different histologic origin of these tumors, on their presumed nature (inflammatory or neoplastic), or on their size. A standardization of the surgical approach based on all these characteristics is s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0973-1482
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.183192