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. 1987 Jul;28(7):781–785. doi: 10.1136/gut.28.7.781

Light at the end of the tunnel? Palliation for oesophageal carcinoma.

J Cox 1, J R Bennett 1
PMCID: PMC1433063  PMID: 2443429

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