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Targeted Screening for Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer: Post Hoc Analysis From the Randomized BEST3 Trial
W Keith Tan1, Roberta Maroni2, Judith Offman3
1Early Cancer Institute, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Gastroenterology
|May 8, 2024
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