A scientific article written by Turkish academics and published in an international journal was retracted due to plagiarism.

Total mesorectal excision (TME) has been firmly established as the standard of care for rectal cancer. Its principles include precise anatomic resection of the rectum and its mesentery to ensure ...

To formally validate these early end points as surrogates for intermediate- (eg, 3-year DFS) or long-term end points (5 year-OS), a two-level statistical approach is generally required, which consists ...