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A comparison of chemotherapy plus surgery with surgery alone for localized esophageal cancer

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The synopsis was written by Mandy Aujla, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. SE Schild is Professor of Radiation Oncology and Vice Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.

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  1. D Rades is Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Vice Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany, and,

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Rades, D., Schild, S. A comparison of chemotherapy plus surgery with surgery alone for localized esophageal cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 5, 190–191 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc1076

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