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Secondary Tumors of the Pancreas: Case Report and a Single-Center Experience

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    Akriti Dewanwala

  2. Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA

    Adam Kotowski & Wen Wee Ma

  3. Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA

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Dewanwala, A., Kotowski, A., LeVea, C.M. et al. Secondary Tumors of the Pancreas: Case Report and a Single-Center Experience. J Gastrointest Canc 43 (Suppl 1), 117–124 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-011-9317-6

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