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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2005; 11(44): 7014-7017
Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7014
Treatment for isolated loco-regional recurrence of gastric adenocarcinoma: Does surgery play a role?
Fabio Carboni, Pasquale Lepiane, Roberto Santoro, Riccardo Lorusso, Pietro Mancini, Massimo Carlini, Eugenio Santoro
Fabio Carboni, Pasquale Lepiane, Roberto Santoro, Riccardo Lorusso, Pietro Mancini, Eugenio Santoro, Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
Massimo Carlini, Division of General A.T. Surgery, St. Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Fabio Carboni, MD, PhD, Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144, Rome, Italy. fabiocarb@tiscali.it
Telephone: +39-6-52666789 Fax: +39-6-52662338
Received: January 14, 2005
Revised: April 23, 2005
Accepted: April 26, 2005
Published online: November 28, 2005
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