## Background: The mode of tumor growth of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (cc) varies considerably from patient to patient. this study describes the clinicopathologic variety of the extraductal mass-forming type of cc. ## Methods: Patients with cc characterized by an extraductal mass (n = 26) wh
Clinicopathological prognostic factors and impact of surgical treatment of mass-forming intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
โ Scribed by Shohachi Suzuki; Takanori Sakaguchi; Yoshihiro Yokoi; Kazuya Okamoto; Kiyotaka Kurachi; Yasuo Tsuchiya; Takuya Okumura; Hiroyuki Konno; Satoshi Baba; Satoshi Nakamura
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 746 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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