Effect of the plane of surgery achieved on local recurrence in patients with operable rectal cancer: a prospective study using data from the MRC CR07 and NCIC-CTG CO16 randomised clinical trial.

Lancet · 2009 · PMC2668948 · PMID 19269520

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This pattern was repeated for 3-year disease-free survival ( figures 2 and 4B ) (79% [mesorectal plane], 75% [intramesorectal plane], and 70% [muscularis propria plane]), although it did not reach statistical significance (log rank p=0·14).

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