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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article, “Clinical Benefit of Preoperative Exercise and Nutritional Therapy for Patients Undergoing Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgeries for Malignancy”, Ann Surg Oncol. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6943-2.
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Yokoyama, Y. ASO Author Reflections: Is It Important to Do Exercise Before Surgery for HPB Malignancy?. Ann Surg Oncol 26, 273–274 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-7080-7
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