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Surgical Outcomes of Rectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor in the Era of Imatinib

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We thank Jane Charbonneau, DVM and Angela Morben, DVM, ELS, from Edanz Group (https://en-author-services.edanz.com/ac), for editing a draft of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

    Shin Emoto, Takashi Akiyoshi, Toshiki Mukai, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Toshiya Nagasaki & Yosuke Fukunaga

  2. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Tsuyoshi Konishi

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SE and TA designed the study and wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data. All authors critically reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Emoto, S., Akiyoshi, T., Mukai, T. et al. Surgical Outcomes of Rectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor in the Era of Imatinib. J Gastrointest Surg 25, 2963–2965 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-021-05017-x

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