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In Reply: Stent Placement in Treatment of Esophageal or Esophago-Gastric Cancer

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Langer, F.B., Zacherl, J. In Reply: Stent Placement in Treatment of Esophageal or Esophago-Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 18, 287–288 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-010-1098-9

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