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Zhang, XF., Pawlik, T.M. ASO Author Reflections: Lymph Node Examination and Patterns of Nodal Metastasis of Left- Versus Right-Sided Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 30, 1434–1435 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-12821-5
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