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Relationships between the Amount of Colon Cancer Surgery a Hospital Performs and Patient Outcomes
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Colon cancer occurs in the large intestine (colon). Treatment and outcome depend on the cancer stage. Surgery called colon cancer resection usually cures stage I colon cancer. Patients with stage II or III colon cancer …
