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Is laparoscopically-assisted colectomy an acceptable operation for colon cancer?

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boxed-textThe Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy Study Group (2004) A comparison of laparoscopically assisted and open colectomy for colon cancer. N Engl J Med 350: 2050–2059.

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  2. Director of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine,

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