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Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater with an Unusually Prolonged Survival

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

    Chandana Javvaji & Venu G. Bathini

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

    Jacob R. Bledsoe, Lloyd Hutchinson & Ediz F. Cosar

  3. Department of Radiology, Division of Oncologic imaging, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

    Lacey J. McIntosh

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Javvaji, C., Bledsoe, J.R., Hutchinson, L. et al. Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater with an Unusually Prolonged Survival. J Gastrointest Canc 51, 354–358 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-019-00297-8

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