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Author Spotlight: Advancing Early Detection and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tumors
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What is the current status of multicancer early detection tests and upper gastrointestinal cancer?
Matt Hoare1, Rebecca C Fitzgerald2
1Early Cancer Institute, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0X2, UK; Department of Hepatology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS, Cambridge, UK.
The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
|September 1, 2023
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