Chronology of gastrointestinal cancer
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cutaneous metastasis of gastrointestinal cancer
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgery Today
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0941-1291,1436-2813
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-017-1574-y