Gallbladder cancer: The basics

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 737-741

  Shaffer, Eldon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; FATALITY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 54149112736     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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