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Comments on Radical Esophagectomy after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation: Single Institutional Experience from Tertiary Cancer Centre in India

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  1. Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), 38, Sardar Patel Rd, Adyar, Chennai, 600036, India

    Arvind Krishnamurthy

  2. Preventive Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), 38, Sardar Patel Rd, Adyar, Chennai, 600036, India

    Vijayalakshmi Ramshankar

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Krishnamurthy, A., Ramshankar, V. Comments on Radical Esophagectomy after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation: Single Institutional Experience from Tertiary Cancer Centre in India. Indian J Surg Oncol 7, 373–374 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-016-0561-x

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