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ASO Author Reflections offer a brief invited commentary on the article, Vitamin D Supplementation is a Promising Therapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in Conjunction with Current Chemoradiation Therapy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2018;25:1868–79.
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Mukai, Y., Eguchi, H. ASO Author Reflections: Regulation of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Vitamin D Supplementation. Ann Surg Oncol 25 (Suppl 3), 816–817 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6891-x
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