Extrahepatic bile duct resection: Standard treatment for advanced gallbladder cancer?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-270

  Abdalla, Eddie K ^a   Vauthey, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EDITORIAL; EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748335420     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20586     Document Type: Editorial

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