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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article “Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Yield After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Gastric Cancer”, Ann Surg Oncol. Epub 24 Sep 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07840-8
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Allen, C.J., Badgwell, B.D. ASO Author Reflections: Do Advances in Neoadjuvant Therapy Influence How We Surgically Manage the Regional Lymphatics in Gastric Cancer?. Ann Surg Oncol 27, 543–544 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07993-6
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