Achievable outcomes in the management of proximal cholangiocarcinoma: An update prepared using "evidence-based practice" techniques

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-57

  Killeen, R P M ^a   Harte, S ^a   Maguire, D ^a   Malone, D E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bile duct neoplasms; Brachytherapy; Cholangiocarcinoma; Photodynamic therapy; Surgery; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37549036275     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9312-3     Document Type: Article

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