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Letter to the Editor: Cancer Epidemiology

Accuracy of Essential TNM to stage large colorectal (T3/T4) cancers in absence of nodal status information

Marion Piñerosa Cancer Surveillance Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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James Brierleyb Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
,
Enrique Barriosc Uruguay National Cancer Registry, Comisión Honoraria de Lucha contra el Cáncer, Montevideo
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Patricia Cuevad Quito Cancer Registry, SOLCA Núcleo Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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Carina Musettic Uruguay National Cancer Registry, Comisión Honoraria de Lucha contra el Cáncer, Montevideo
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Constanza Pardoe Cancer Epidemiology Surveillance Group, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
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Kevin Wardf Georgia Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Registry, Atlanta, GA, USA
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D. Maxwell Parking African Cancer Registry Network, Oxford, UK;h Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Pages 1669-1671 | Received 20 Jun 2023, Accepted 05 Sep 2023, Published online: 22 Sep 2023

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