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ASO Author Reflections: Lymph Node Assessment with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence in Esophageal Cancer Surgery

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Dr. F. Borja de Lacy has no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Dr. Raigam J. Martinez-Portilla has no conflicts of interests but states that he has relevant financial activities outside the submitted work, receiving personal fees from General Electric and Siegfried Rhein Pharmaceutical. There are no other relationships, conditions, or circumstances that pose a potential conflict of interest to disclose.

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de Lacy, B., Martinez-Portilla, R.J. ASO Author Reflections: Lymph Node Assessment with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence in Esophageal Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 28, 4878–4879 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-09634-3

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