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Original Research

High preoperative serum prealbumin predicts long-term survival in resected esophageal squamous cell cancer

Jun Wei1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou213003, People’s Republic of China
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Ming Jin2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou213003, People’s Republic of China
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Yingjie Shao1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou213003, People’s Republic of China
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Zhonghua Ning1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou213003, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Jin Huang1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou213003, People’s Republic of China
Pages 7997-8003 | Published online: 26 Aug 2019

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