Bile duct cyst as precursor to biliary tract cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1200-1211

  Søreide, Kjetil ^a   Søreide, Jon Arne ^a,b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bile duct cyst; Biliary tract; Cancer; Molecular biology; Neoplasia; Pathophysiology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; CYST; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CYSTS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34250189245     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9294-3     Document Type: Article

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