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ASO Author Reflections: Cervicothoracoscopic Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer

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  1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

    Keita Takahashi MD, Akihiko Okamura MD & Masayuki Watanabe MD

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article, “Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer in a Patient with Left Pulmonary Artery Sling,” Ann Surg Oncol. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-08125-w.

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Takahashi, K., Okamura, A. & Watanabe, M. ASO Author Reflections: Cervicothoracoscopic Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 27, 1531–1532 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08283-2

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