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Influence of age on variation in patterns of care in patients with rectal cancer in Catalonia (Spain)

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-018-1882-8

Published Online: 2018-05-15

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Vernet, R.

Borras, J. M.

Aliste, L.

Antonio, M.

Guarga, A.

Manchon-Walsh, P. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9089-0577
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Article History

Received: 1 March 2018

Accepted: 23 April 2018

First Online: 15 May 2018

Compliance with ethical standards

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: The authors state that there are no conflicts of interest concerning this study.

: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

: Obtaining informed consent was considered unfeasible for this clinical audit, both because many of the patients were already dead at the time of data collection and due to difficulties in contacting the rest. However, the institutional ethics committee approved the study protocol. Personal (identifying) information was stored in one database and clinical data for analysis were entered in another; confidentiality was guaranteed by Dr. Manchon-Walsh.