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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article “Laparoscopic Suprapancreatic Lymph Node Dissection Using a Systematic Mesogastric Excision Concept for Gastric Cancer,” Ann Surg Oncol. Epub 12 Aug 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07700-5.
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Kumamoto, T., Shinohara, H. ASO Author Reflections: Systematic Mesogastric Excision as a Universal Concept in Gastric Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 27, 532–533 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07988-3
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