The only hope for cure in patients with cholangiocarcinoma is curative surgical resection. Unfortunately it can only performed in less than half of the patients. In the palliative setting endoprostheses insertion improves cholestasis. Survival time is not prolonged. The most promising conventional a
Photodynamic therapy for cholangiocarcinoma
โ Scribed by Ortner, Marianne
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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