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ASO Author Reflections: Survival Benefit of Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Gallbladder Cancer: The Role of Radiation Therapy Revisited

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ASO Author Reflections offer a brief invited commentary on the article, "Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Is Associated with Improved Survival for Patients with Resected Gallbladder Carcinoma: The Role of Radiation Therapy Revisited", Ann Surg Oncol. 2018;25:255–64.

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Kim, B.H., Chie, E.K. & Kim, K. ASO Author Reflections: Survival Benefit of Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Gallbladder Cancer: The Role of Radiation Therapy Revisited. Ann Surg Oncol 25 (Suppl 3), 788–789 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6894-7

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