Colorectal cancer: What the clinician wants to know
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Colorectal cancer: what the clinician wants to know
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Imaging
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1470-7330
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2005.0036