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Editorial
. 2018 Mar;10(3):1236-1238.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.03.23.

The direction of travel to better outcomes for patients with oesophago-gastric cancer

Ruth Elizabeth Langley  1
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Editorial

The direction of travel to better outcomes for patients with oesophago-gastric cancer

Ruth Elizabeth Langley. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Genetic Predictors of Response to Systemic Therapy in Esophagogastric Cancer.
    Janjigian YY, Sanchez-Vega F, Jonsson P, Chatila WK, Hechtman JF, Ku GY, Riches JC, Tuvy Y, Kundra R, Bouvier N, Vakiani E, Gao J, Heins ZJ, Gross BE, Kelsen DP, Zhang L, Strong VE, Schattner M, Gerdes H, Coit DG, Bains M, Stadler ZK, Rusch VW, Jones DR, Molena D, Shia J, Robson ME, Capanu M, Middha S, Zehir A, Hyman DM, Scaltriti M, Ladanyi M, Rosen N, Ilson DH, Berger MF, Tang L, Taylor BS, Solit DB, Schultz N. Janjigian YY, et al. Cancer Discov. 2018 Jan;8(1):49-58. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-17-0787. Epub 2017 Nov 9. Cancer Discov. 2018. PMID: 29122777 Free PMC article.

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