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Clinical Focus: Oncology - Case Report

When a good call leads to a bad connection: colovesical fistula in colorectal cancer treated with bevacizumab

Jeffrey ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Roger D. SmalliganDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA
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Suhasini NadesanDivision of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Harrington Cancer Center, Amarillo, TX, USA
Pages 120-122 | Received 02 May 2016, Accepted 09 Jun 2016, Published online: 28 Jun 2016

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