Original ArticleDelay in the diagnosis and outcome of colorectal cancer:a prospective study☆
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Correspondence to: Luigi Roncoroni, MD, Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Ospedale Maggiore, via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy.