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ASO Author Reflections: Clarifying the Controversy Generated by Non-inferiority Trials of Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer

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  1. Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Sergio A. Acuna MD, PhD & Nancy N. Baxter MD, PhD

  2. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Sergio A. Acuna MD, PhD & Nancy N. Baxter MD, PhD

  3. Department of Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Sergio A. Acuna MD, PhD & Nancy N. Baxter MD, PhD

  4. Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Sergio A. Acuna MD, PhD, Tyler R. Chesney MD, MSc & Nancy N. Baxter MD, PhD

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  1. Sergio A. Acuna MD, PhD
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Correspondence to Nancy N. Baxter MD, PhD.

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article “Defining Non-inferiority Margins for Quality of Surgical Resection for Rectal Cancer: A Delphi Consensus Study”, Ann Surg Oncol. 2018;25:3171–8.

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Acuna, S.A., Chesney, T.R. & Baxter, N.N. ASO Author Reflections: Clarifying the Controversy Generated by Non-inferiority Trials of Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 26 (Suppl 3), 545–546 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-7050-0

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