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Comprehensive review of the diagnosis and treatment of biliary tract cancer 2012. Part I: diagnosis-clinical staging and pathology.
Journal of surgical oncology - 1 Sept 2012
Marsh Robert de W, Alonzo Marc, Bajaj Shailesh, Baker Marshall, Elton Eric, Farrell Thomas A, Gore Richard M, Hall Curtis, Nowak Jan, Roy Hemant, Shaikh Arif, Talamonti Mark S
Abstract excerpt
Biliary tract cancers (gallbladder cancer, intra- and extra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and selected periampullary cancers) accounted for 12,760 new cases of cancer in the USA in 2010. These tumors have a dismal prognosis with most patients presenting with advanced disease. Early, accurate diagnosis is essential, both for potential cure where possible and for optimal palliative therapy in all others. This review...
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