Surgery and chemotherapy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 58-64

  Morise, Zenichi ^a   Sugioka, Atsushi ^a   Tokoro, Takamasa ^a   Tanahashi, Yoshinao ^a   Okabe, Yasuhiro ^a   Kagawa, Tadashi ^a   Takeura, Chinatsu ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959944883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v2.i2.58     Document Type: Article

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