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Staging and Treatment. II-1. Staging and Prognosis

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The diagnosis of small bowel cancer is often established late in the course of the disease because these are generally rare conditions and the symptoms are nonspecific. Early diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion.

Hyun Seok Lee is the lead author of this chapter.

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Chun, H.J., Park, S.J., Lim, Y.J., Song, S.Y. (2023). Staging and Treatment. II-1. Staging and Prognosis. In: Gastrointestinal Cancer. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0815-8_21

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