Rising incidence of primary liver cancer in brunei darussalam

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3473-3477

  Chong, Raymond Jih Yeong ^a   Abdullah, Mohd Syafiq ^b   Hossain, Mohammad Moshaddeque ^a   Telisinghe, Pemasari Upali ^b   Chong, Vui Heng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Brunei; Cholangiocarcinoma; Ethnicity; Hepatic; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Malignancy; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882651990     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.6.3473     Document Type: Article

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