Fourteen patients with carcinoma of the gallbladder or biliary tract were treated with radiation therapy. Some patients received definite palliative benefit and there were several long term survivors. Patients with bile duct carcinomas responded more often (50%) than did those with gallbladder carci
Gallbladder carcinoma: Role of radiation therapy
โ Scribed by Dr. S. Houry; M. Schlienger; M. Huguier; F. Lacaine; F. Penne; A. Laugier
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 378 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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