Shantha Kumara, H. M. C.
Pettke, Erica
Shah, Abhinit
Yan, Xiaohong
Cekic, Vesna
Downing, Melissa Alvarez
Gandhi, Nipa Dilip
Whelan, Richard L.
Article History
Received: 5 October 2017
Accepted: 20 June 2018
First Online: 7 July 2018
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: We obtained consent with the approval of ethics from all colorectal cancer patients who underwent minimally invasive colorectal resection to obtain blood/ plasma and wound fluid, and all patients assented to analysis, present, and publish the paper. The study was approved by the ethical committee of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY and the Institutional Review board (GCO#16-2619 and GCO#1: 16-1863).
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