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    Ulf H. Haglund M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Surgery)

  2. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, SE 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden

    Bengt Wallner M.D., Ph.D.

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Haglund, U.H., Wallner, B. Current management of gastric cancer. J Gastrointest Surg 8, 905–912 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gassur.2004.05.008

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