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ASO Author Reflections: Association Between the Lymph Node Ratio and Survival in Patients with Pathological Stage II/III Gastric Cancer

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  1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakano, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 241-8515, Japan

    Kazuki Kano MD, PhD, Takanobu Yamada MD, PhD & Takashi Oshima MD, PhD

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Kano, K., Yamada, T. & Oshima, T. ASO Author Reflections: Association Between the Lymph Node Ratio and Survival in Patients with Pathological Stage II/III Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 27, 4248–4249 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08666-5

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