Biliary tract cancer

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 410-415

  Espat, N Joseph ^a   Vauthey, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYCLINE; FIBRONECTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

BILE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030818352     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-199709000-00009     Document Type: Review

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