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Extended (D2) Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer: Do Patients Benefit?

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  1. Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece

    Dimitrios H. Roukos MD

  2. University Hospital of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

    Dimitrios H. Roukos MD

  3. Roma 19, GR-452 21, Ioannina, Greece

    Dimitrios H. Roukos MD

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Roukos, D.H. Extended (D2) Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer: Do Patients Benefit?. Ann Surg Oncol 7, 253–255 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10434-000-0253-0

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