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Long-Term Survival of Patient with Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Gastric Cancer Treated with Chemotherapy: Case Report

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Abbreviations

EBV:

Epstein-Barr virus

GC:

Gastric cancer

EBER1:

Epstein-Barr virus-encoded small RNA1

ISH:

In situ hybridization

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  1. Department of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Kanmon Medical Center, 1-1 Sotoura, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

    Hideo Yanai

  2. Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kanmon Medical Center, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

    Noboru Yahara, Takumi Furuya & Hiroto Hayashi

  3. Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kanmon Medical Center, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

    Tomoyuki Murakami

  4. Department of Gastroenterology, Aso Iizuka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yuzo Shimokawa

  5. Department of Internal Medicine, Sugihara Internal Medicine & Digestive Disease Clinic, Shimonoseki, Japan

    Shigenori Sugihara

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Yanai, H., Yahara, N., Furuya, T. et al. Long-Term Survival of Patient with Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Gastric Cancer Treated with Chemotherapy: Case Report. J Gastrointest Canc 47, 107–110 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-015-9729-9

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