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Schistosomiasis Misleading Gastric Cancer Treatment

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Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille Ramos: Attending surgeon of the case, responsible for the report design and draft of the manuscript.

Vinicius Campos Duarte: Gastrointestinal surgery resident took part in the surgical procedure and gathered the clinical information for the report.

Marina Alessandra Pereira, Claudia Kliemann Schmerling: pathological review.

Tiago Biachi de Castria: medical oncologist, report design.

Ulysses Ribeiro-Júnior, Bruno Zilberstein, Ivan Cecconello: critical analysis and review of the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille Ramos.

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Ramos, M.F.K.P., Duarte, V.C., Pereira, M.A. et al. Schistosomiasis Misleading Gastric Cancer Treatment. J Gastrointest Canc 51, 643–646 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-019-00334-6

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