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Table 1. POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION POSITIVITY BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY
Samples are from 78 patients undergoing primary colorectal cancer excision with curative intent. Only 14.8% of patients whose preoperative sample was negative showed a positive result at 24 hours after primary resection; in contrast, 60.8% of patients whose preoperative sample was positive developed a negative result after surgery.
