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Quality of Life After Organ Preservation in Rectal Cancer—Beyond Survival

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.38973

October 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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Corresponding Author: Daniel I. Chu, MD, MSPH, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Ave S, BDB 581, Birmingham, AL 35294 (dchu@uabmc.edu).

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