Because of its slow-growing natural history, most patients with extrahepatic biliary tree malignancies present with inoperable disease. For the minority of patients with operable disease, surgical resection remains the treatment of choice and offers the patient the best chance for long-term local co
Malignant mesothelioma. The university of minnesota experience
โ Scribed by Nicholas J. Vogelzang; Stephen M. Schultz; Antonio M. Iannucci; B. J. Kennedy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 952 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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