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Prediction of tumour response by FDG-PET in patients with adenocarcinomas of the oesophagogastric junction

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    Elfriede Bollschweiler & Arnulf H. Hölscher

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Bollschweiler, E., Hölscher, A.H. Prediction of tumour response by FDG-PET in patients with adenocarcinomas of the oesophagogastric junction. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 35, 1742–1743 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-008-0851-9

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