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Letter to the Editor: “Extramural venous invasion (EMVI) revisited: a detailed analysis of various characteristics of EMVI and their role as a predictive imaging biomarker in the neoadjuvant treatment response in rectal cancer”

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A Letter to the Editor to this article was published on 19 July 2022

The Original Article was published on 24 March 2022

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Ufuk, F. Letter to the Editor: “Extramural venous invasion (EMVI) revisited: a detailed analysis of various characteristics of EMVI and their role as a predictive imaging biomarker in the neoadjuvant treatment response in rectal cancer”. Abdom Radiol 47, 3276–3277 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-022-03590-6

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