Metastatic lymph nodes in hilar cholangiocarcinoma: Does size matter?

HPB

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 881-886

  Ruys, Anthony T ^a   Ten Kate, Fiebo J W ^b   Busch, Olivier R ^a   Engelbrecht, Marc R ^a   Gouma, Dirk J ^a   Van Gulik, Thomas M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cholangiocarcinoma < liver; lymph nodes; pathology < cholangiocarcinoma; radiological imaging intervention < cholangiocarcinoma; staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 81255159082     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2011.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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