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Double cancer of gall bladder and bile duct not associated with anomalous junction of the pancreaticobiliary duct system.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Oct 2006
Hori Hiiroshige, Ajiki Tetsuo, Fujita Tsunenori, Okazaki Taro, Suzuki Yasuyuki, Kuroda Yoshikazu, Fujimori Takahiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Simultaneous double cancers of the biliary tract are rare. Most of them are thought to be associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM); however, the characteristics of tumours without PBM are still unclear. METHODS: Histology, immunoreactivity with carcinoembryonic antigen, carbohydrate antigen 19-9 and p53 and mutations in the K-ras gene were examined in tumours resected from cases of...
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