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Management of clinical T2N0 esophageal cancer: a review

Patrick Vining1, Thomas J Birdas1

  • 1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Journal of Thoracic Disease
|September 7, 2019
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