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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;12(6):2996-2999.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2020.03.87.

Predicting liver and lung metastasis in esophageal cancer: does the site of primary tumor really matter?

Ka-On Lam  1   2 , Tsz-Him So  1 , Feng-Ming Spring Kong  1   2   3
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Editorial

Predicting liver and lung metastasis in esophageal cancer: does the site of primary tumor really matter?

Ka-On Lam et al. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Jun.
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2020.03.87). Dr. Kong reports grants from Varian Medical Inc., personal fees from AstraZeneca, outside the submitted work. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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