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★ 3 Recommended and commented by Prof. Dr Beat Thürlimann, Faculty Member

Lancet

Lorusso D, Xiang Y, Hasegawa K, Scambia G, Leiva M, Ramos-Elias P, Acevedo A, Cvek J, Randall L, Pereira de Santana Gomes AJ, Contreras Mejía F, Helpman L, Akıllı H, Lee JY, Saevets V, Zagouri F, Gilbert L, Sehouli J, Tharavichitkul E, Lindemann K, Colombo N, Chang CL, Bednarikova M, Zhu H, Oaknin A, Christiaens M, Petru E, Usami T, Liu P, Yamada K, Toker S, Keefe SM, Pignata S, Duska LR, ENGOT-cx11/GOG-3047/KEYNOTE-A18 investigators

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01808-7

Gastrointestinal Cancer

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Randon G, Lonardi S, Fassan M, Palermo F, Tamberi S, Giommoni E, Ceccon C, Di Donato S, Fornaro L, Brunetti O, De Vita F, Bittoni A, Chini C, Spallanzani A, Nappo F, Bethaz V, Strippoli A, Latiano T, Cardellino GG, Giuliani F, Morano F, Niger M, Raimondi A, Prisciandaro M, Pircher CC, Sciortino C, Marchesi S, Garattini SK, Airò G, Miceli R, Di Bartolomeo M, Pietrantonio F

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Spicer JD, Garassino MC, Wakelee H, Liberman M, Kato T, Tsuboi M, Lee SH, Chen KN, Dooms C, Majem M, Eigendorff E, Martinengo GL, Bylicki O, Rodríguez-Abreu D, Chaft JE, Novello S, Yang J, Arunachalam A, Keller SM, Samkari A, Gao S, KEYNOTE-671 Investigators

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Eur J Cancer

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