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Limitations in Controlling Risk for Recurrence After Curative Surgery for Advanced Gastric Cancer Are Now Well-Explained by Molecular-Based Mechanisms

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

    Dimitrios H. Roukos MD & Aggelos M. Kappas MD

  2. Ioannina University Medical School, P.O. Box 105, Neochoropoulo, GR-43500 Ioannina, Greece

    Dimitrios H. Roukos MD

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Roukos, D.H., Kappas, A.M. Limitations in Controlling Risk for Recurrence After Curative Surgery for Advanced Gastric Cancer Are Now Well-Explained by Molecular-Based Mechanisms. Ann Surg Oncol 8, 620–621 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10434-001-0620-5

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