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Clinical Research Regarding the Ratio of Lymph Node Metastasis and the Reasonable Extent of Lymphadenectomy in Middle Third Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Ming-ran XIE, Peng LIN, Xu ZHANG, Jie-xin CHEN, Yong-bin LIN, Zhe-sheng WEN, Tie-hua RONG, Xiao-dong LI, Jun-ye WANG and Hui YU
Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research February 2010, 7 (1) 33-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11805-010-0033-y

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