Prognosis of synchronous colorectal carcinoma compared to solitary colorectal carcinoma: a matched pair analysis.

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"We thank all the patients who participated in this study and provided the follow-up data. This work was supported by the Science and Technology Support Program of the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (No. 2016SZ0043). This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, and the need to obtain informed consent was waived. Conceived and designed the experiments: Z.Q.W. and J.W. Data collection: W.B.H., M.T.W., and J.D. Analyzed the data: W.B.H., Y.H.W., and M.J.Z. Wrote the paper: W.B.H. and C.J.Z. We thank all the patients who participated in this study and provided the follow-up data. This work was supported by the Science and Technology Support Program of the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (No. 2016SZ0043). This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, and the need to obtain informed consent was waived. Conceived and designed the experiments: Z.Q.W. and J.W. Data collection: W.B.H., M.T.W., and J.D. Analyzed the data: W.B.H., Y.H.W., and M.J.Z. Wrote the paper: W.B.H. and C.J.Z."