Organ Preservation in Rectal Cancer: Fear of Risks Versus the Risks of Fear

Julio Garcia-Aguilar1, Hannah Williams1, Martin R Weiser1

  • 1Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD, Hannah Williams,MD, Martin R. Weiser, MD, and J. Joshua Smith, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Paul B. Romesser, MD and Christopher Crane, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Li-Xuan Qin, PhD and Mithat Gonen, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and Andrea Cercek, MD and Leonard B. Saltz, MD, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

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