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Gastric Cancer in Young Patients — Is There Any Hope for Them ?

J. SimsaDepartment of Surgery, and Department of Imaging Techniques, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.View further author information
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J. LefflerDepartment of Surgery, and Department of Imaging Techniques, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
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J. HochDepartment of Surgery, and Department of Imaging Techniques, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Z. LinkeDepartment of Oncology, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
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R. PádrDepartment of Imaging Techniques, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
Pages 673-676 | Published online: 14 Mar 2016

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