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*"[[R0 resection]]" = clean margin macroscopically & microscopically.
*"[[R0 resection]]" = clean margin macroscopically & microscopically.


Generally, positive margins suck; in locally advanced rectal cancer survival, in one study,
Generally, positive margins suck; in locally advanced rectal cancer survival, in one study,<ref>{{cite journal |author=Larsen SG, Wiig JN, Dueland S, Giercksky KE |title=Prognostic factors after preoperative irradiation and surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer |journal=Eur J Surg Oncol |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=410–7 |year=2008 |month=April |pmid=17614249 |doi=10.1016/j.ejso.2007.05.012 |url=}}</ref> five year survival was found to be 60%, 31% and 0% for R0, R1, and R2 resections respectively.
<ref>{{cite journal |author=Larsen SG, Wiig JN, Dueland S, Giercksky KE |title=Prognostic factors after preoperative irradiation and surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer |journal=Eur J Surg Oncol |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=410–7 |year=2008 |month=April |pmid=17614249 |doi=10.1016/j.ejso.2007.05.012 |url=}}</ref>five year survival was found to be 60%, 31% and 0% for R0, R1, and R2 resections respectively.


==Oncologist talk==
==Oncologist talk==
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