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CASE REPORT: Adenocarcinoid of the Appendix Vermiformis: Complete and Persistent Remission After Chemotherapy (Folfox) of a Metastatic Case

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  1. Centre E Marquis, CS 44229, Service d'Oncologie Médicale, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France

    Laurence Garin, Stéphane Corbinais, Eveline Boucher & Jean-Luc Raoul

  2. Service de Gynécologie, Clinique de la Sagesse, BP 1319, 4 place saint Guénolé, 35013, Rennes, France

    Jérome Blanchot

  3. Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Attalante Villejean, rue J.L. Bertrand, 35077, Rennes Cedex, France

    Patrick Le Guilcher

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Garin, L., Corbinais, S., Boucher, E. et al. CASE REPORT: Adenocarcinoid of the Appendix Vermiformis: Complete and Persistent Remission After Chemotherapy (Folfox) of a Metastatic Case. Dig Dis Sci 47, 2760–2762 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021065407822

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