EUS-FNA in unresectable cholangiocarcinoma: a novel indication

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 444-445

  Pollack, Michael J ^a   Gholam, Pierre M ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 39149137827     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.09.017     Document Type: Editorial

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