Special Sections: Letters to the Editor

Synchronous Occurrence of Colorectal Adenocarcinoma and Colonic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Authors: Dimitrios A. Dimitroulopoulos MD, PhD, Niki A. Arnogiannaki MD, PhD, Dimitrios P. Korkolis MD, PhD, Dimitrios N. Xinopoulos MD, PhD, Emmanouil T. Paraskevas MD, PhD, Aikaterini P. Fotopoulou MD

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