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  1. Zhi-Fang Zheng and Jun Lu have contributed equally to this work and should be considered co-first authors.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China

    Zhi-Fang Zheng MD, Jun Lu MD & Chang-Ming Huang MD

  2. Department of General Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China

    Zhi-Fang Zheng MD, Jun Lu MD & Chang-Ming Huang MD

  3. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Gastrointestinal Cancer, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

    Jun Lu MD & Chang-Ming Huang MD

  4. Fujian Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

    Jun Lu MD & Chang-Ming Huang MD

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ASO Author Reflections offer a brief invited commentary on the article, “A novel preoperative skeletal muscle measure as a predictor of postoperative complications, long-term survival, and tumor recurrence for patients with gastric cancer after radical gastrectomy,” Ann Surg Oncol. 2018; 25:439–48.

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Zheng, ZF., Lu, J. & Huang, CM. ASO Author Reflections: A Novel Muscle Measure for Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 25 (Suppl 3), 719–720 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6839-1

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