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ASO Author Reflections: Preservation of the Thoracic Duct is Feasible for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Esophagectomy After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy

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  1. Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

    Taro Oshikiri MD, PhD & Yoshihiro Kakeji MD, PhD

  2. Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Hodaka Numasaki PhD

  3. Division of Esophageal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Junya Oguma MD, PhD

  4. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yasushi Toh MD, PhD

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

    Masayuki Watanabe MD, PhD

  6. Department of Therapeutic Oncology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Manabu Muto MD, PhD

  7. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Yuichiro Doki MD, PhD

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Taro Oshikiri, Hodaka Numasaki, Junya Oguma, Yasushi Toh, Masayuki Watanabe, Manabu Muto, Yoshihiro Kakeji, and Yuichiro Doki have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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Oshikiri, T., Numasaki, H., Oguma, J. et al. ASO Author Reflections: Preservation of the Thoracic Duct is Feasible for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Esophagectomy After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol 30, 2699–2700 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-12892-4

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