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Oncology

Assessment of the external validity of the American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th staging system for anal carcinoma

Hani OweiraOncology Department, Swiss Cancer Institute, Cham, Switzerland; ;Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; ;Chirurgisches Zentrum Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland;
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Anwar GiryesOncology Department, Swiss Cancer Institute, Cham, Switzerland;
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Meinrad MannhartDepartment of Oncology, Center of Zug, Switzerland;
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Michael DeckerOncology Department, Zentrum für Integrative Onkologie, Zurich, Switzerland;
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Rolf SchlumpfChirurgisches Zentrum Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland;
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Omar Abdel-RahmanClinical Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 923-929 | Received 07 Dec 2017, Accepted 14 Feb 2018, Published online: 15 Mar 2018

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