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Gastric cancer with metastases to the scaphoid: a case report

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, 1129 Nagaoka, Izunokuni, Shizuoka, 410-2295, Japan

    Kiyohito Naito, Hiroyuki Furuya, Cheolsun Han & Osamu Obayashi

  2. Department of Surgery, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, 1129 Nagaoka, Izunokuni, Shizuoka, 410-2295, Japan

    Hajime Orita & Koichi Sato

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan

    Kazuo Kaneko

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Naito, K., Furuya, H., Han, C. et al. Gastric cancer with metastases to the scaphoid: a case report. J Orthop Sci 20, 213–216 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-013-0441-y

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