Patients' Profile, Clinical Presentations and Histopathological Features of Colo-rectal Cancer in Al Hassa Region, Saudi Arabia |
Amin, Tarek Tawfik
(Community Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University Cairo)
Suleman, Waseem (Family and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, King Faisal University) Al Taissan, Abdul Aziz (Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Faisal University) Al Joher, Abdul Latif (Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Faisal University) Al Mulhim, Othman (Local Health Directorate, Ministry of Health) Al Yousef, Abdul Hameed (Local Health Directorate, Ministry of Health) |
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