Predictors of long-term survival in patients with colorectal liver metastases: a single center study and review of the literature
✍ Scribed by Utz Settmacher; Yves Dittmar; Thomas Knösel; Ulrike Schöne; Michael Heise; Karin Jandt; Annelore Katharina Altendorf-Hofmann
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 286 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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