Different regimens of perioperative chemotherapy for esophagogastric and gastric adenocarcinoma: does a triplet therapy with taxane generate a survival benefit?

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Nicole Samm et al. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017.

. 2017 Mar 30:2:25.

doi: 10.21037/tgh.2017.03.07. eCollection 2017.

¹ Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.

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