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Current Perspective of Gastro-intestinal Cancer in Guatemala
Fallas
Rixci Augusto Ramírez
Head of the Oncology Department at the General Hospital for Diseases of the Guatemalan Social Security Institute of Guatemala (IGSS)
rixci@hotmail.com
López
Daniel Estuardo Rosales
Head of the Hematology Departament at the General Hospital for Diseases of the Guatemalan Social Security Institute of Guatemala (IGSS)
01
07
2025
ODMJ-002-0701-4309
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Gastrointestinal cancer
Gastrointestinal oncology
Guatemala
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