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  "textContent": "The survival rates of patients with esophageal and gastric cancers have improved. However, many survivors continue to experience long-term symptoms. On May 29, Kenneth Färnqvist will defend his thesis \"The architecture of survivorship: patterns of quality of life, symptom dynamics, and self-care in esophageal and gastric cancer\" in which he has investigated how quality of life, symptoms, and self-care develop over time.",
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