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01-04-2006 | Editorial

Should Resectable Esophageal Cancer Be Resected?

Authors: Christophe Mariette, MD, PhD, Jean-Pierre Triboulet, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 4/2006

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The question of which treatment approach is the most appropriate regarding esophageal cancer is much debated. Because the number of well-controlled randomized trials is small, efforts to resolve this controversy have been mostly unsuccessful. …

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Title: Should Resectable Esophageal Cancer Be Resected?
Authors: Christophe Mariette, MD, PhD
Jean-Pierre Triboulet, MD
Publication date: 01-04-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 4/2006
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2006.08.022

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