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Cornelis van de Velde, MD, PhD, on Rectal Cancer: A Database Update

2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

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Cornelis van de Velde, MD, PhD, of Leiden University Medical Center, discusses the International Watch & Wait database, established to track evidence on organ-preserving strategies in patients with rectal cancer (Abstract 521).

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