Extracapsular lymph node involvement after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in esophageal carcinoma: how to interpret?

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Lieven P Depypere et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;9(12):E1143-E1144.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.10.163.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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