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• Maria Albertsson, professor och överläkare, Onkologiska kliniken, Universitetssjukhuset Linköping

Tidigare sakkunniga

• Erik Trondsen, dr. med., överläkare, Gastrokirurgisk avdeling, Ullevål Sykehus, Oslo