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    Salvatore Lauro, Riccardo Righini, Concetta Elisa Onesti, Eugenio Pucci, Alessandra Bramini & Paolo Marchetti

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Lauro, S., Righini, R., Onesti, C.E. et al. Gastric Metastases From Testicular Cancer: Case Report and Review of Literature. J Gastrointest Canc 45 (Suppl 1), 22–24 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-013-9524-4

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