Title:health Related Quality of Life after Oesophagectomy: Elderly Patients Refer Similar Eating and Swallowing Difficulties than Younger Patients
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Dear Editor, we are submitting the revised version of our manuscript entitled “Health related quality of life after oesophagectomy: elderly patients refer similar eating and swallowing difficulties than younger patients.” for possible publication in your journal. We are really grateful for the opportunity of improving our work and we hope to have satisfactorily answered to all questions. Thank you for your consideration,
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