Carcinoma of the ampulla of vater: A distinct disease entity?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1136-1137

  Conlon, Kevin C P ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; ONCOGENE K RAS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; VATER PAPILLA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMPULLA OF VATER; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY;

EID: 1542438822     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.10.904     Document Type: Editorial

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