Cancer Treatment Reviews
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Insufficient evidence to compare clinical effectiveness and safety of self-expanding metal stents with other treatments for malignant colorectal obstruction: Abstracted from: Sebastian S, Johnston S, Geoghegan T, et al. Pooled analysis of the efficacy and safety of self-expanding metal stenting in malignant colorectal obstruction. Am J Gastroenterol 2004;99:2051–7.

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☆ Sources of funding: Not stated.

☆☆ For correspondence: Martin Buckley, MD, Department of Gastronenterology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, 24, Ireland. E-mail: gastroenterology@amnch.ie.

☆☆☆ Abstract provided by Bazian Ltd., London.

PII: S0305-7372(05)00051-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.03.001

Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 226-229 , May 2005

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