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Surgeons Sought for Rectal Cancer Trial
Surgeons Sought for Rectal Cancer Trial
D Brunk
20100108
2010 Feb 8
Elsevier Global Medical News
Surgeons Sought for Rectal Cancer Trial
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Feb 8, D Brunk
SAN DIEGO (EGMN) - Investigators of a phase III randomized, controlled trial are aiming to enroll a total of 60 surgeon participants to help compare open and laparoscopic techniques for rectal cancer.As of the end of January, 49 surgeons at 29 institutions were enrolled in the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) trial Z605, Dr. James W. Fleshman said at the international congress of the Minimally Invasive Robotic Association. "If you're willing to randomize to an open dissection...