Oncological outcomes of the TIME trial in esophageal cancer: is it the era of minimally invasive esophagectomy?

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Lijie Tan et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;6(4):85.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.10.30.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Minimally Invasive Versus Open Esophageal Resection: Three-year Follow-up of the Previously Reported Randomized Controlled Trial: the TIME Trial.
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