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ASO Author Reflections: Palliative Chemotherapy for Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer: Balancing Hope, Reality, Survival, and Symptoms

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  1. Division of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

    Shaila J. Merchant MSc, MHSc, MD

  2. Division of Medical Oncology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

    Christopher M. Booth MD

  3. Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

    Shaila J. Merchant MSc, MHSc, MD & Christopher M. Booth MD

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Merchant, S.J., Booth, C.M. ASO Author Reflections: Palliative Chemotherapy for Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer: Balancing Hope, Reality, Survival, and Symptoms. Ann Surg Oncol 28, 88–89 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-09295-8

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