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International Journal of Surgery & Surgical Procedures Volume 2 (2017), Article ID 2:IJSSP-122, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4443/2017/122
Original Article
The Clinical and Pathological Features of Colorectal Cancer in Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia: Trends in the Young and Elderly Patients

Ahmad A. A. Abdullah Omer

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ahmad Abdul Azeem Abdullah Omer, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, P.O. Box: 3718, Tabuk, 71481, Saudi Arabia, Tel: +966538125386; E-mail: a.omer@ut.edu.sa
06 June 2017; 04 October 2017; 06 October 2017
Abdullah Omer AAA (2017) The Clinical and Pathological Features of Colorectal Cancer in Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia: Trends in the Young and Elderly Patients. Int J Surg Surgical Proced 2: 122. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4443/2017/122
This study is funded by the Deanship of Research in the University of Tabuk.

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