Cancers of the biliary system

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 30, Issue HS2, 2006, Pages

  Malka, David ^a   Dromain, Clarisse ^a   Landi, Bruno ^b   Prat, Frédéric ^c   De Baere, Thierry ^a   Delpero, Jean Robert ^d   Chiche, Laurence ^e  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c Institut Paoli Calmettes ^*  (France)

^d INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^e ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CA 72-4 ANTIGEN; CAPECITABINE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLOXURIDINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN; MITOMYCIN C; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; TUMOR MARKER;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; REVIEW;

BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FRANCE; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33846161003     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(06)73591-6     Document Type: Review

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