THE IMPORTANCE OF MUlTIDISCIPlINARY APPROACH IN THE TREATMENT OF RECTAl CANCER
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1 University Hospital for Tumors, Clinical Hospital Centre “Sestre Milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia; 2 University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Oncology, and University Hospital Center Zagreb, Oncology Clinic, Zagreb, Croatia; 3 University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Oncology, and University Hospital for Tumors, Clinical Hospital Centre “Sestre Milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia
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