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Efficacy and Safety of Weekly Paclitaxel Therapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer Patients with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

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  1. Osaki Citizen Hospital, 3-8-8 Furukawa-honami, Osaki, Miyagi, 989-6183, Japan

    Sadayuki Kawai, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Sonoko Ichikawa & Makio Gamoh

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Kawai, S., Sakamoto, Y., Takahashi, Y. et al. Efficacy and Safety of Weekly Paclitaxel Therapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer Patients with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation. J Gastrointest Canc 46, 438–441 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-015-9744-x

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