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Original Research

A Comparison of Emergency First Presentations of Colorectal Cancer in Under–50 and Over–50 Year-Old Patients

Prateush SinghRoyal Free Hospital, London, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Krashna PatelDepartment of General Surgery, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury Saint Edmunds, UK;
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Pallavi AryaDepartment of General Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK
,
Esha SinghDepartment of General Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK
&
Amitabh MishraDepartment of General Surgery, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury Saint Edmunds, UK;
Pages 514-519 | Published online: 15 Jan 2019

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