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Cancer of the esophagogastric junction: Epidemiology and pathogenesis

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri

    Prateek Sharma M.D.

  2. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (P.S.), Kansas City, Missouri

    Prateek Sharma M.D.

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Sharma, P. Cancer of the esophagogastric junction: Epidemiology and pathogenesis. J Gastrointest Surg 6, 516–517 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1091-255X(02)00024-0

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