## BACKGROUND. In cholangiocarcinoma, no established method of analysis of lymph node metastasis has been reported with respect to the surgical outcome. ## METHODS. The authors retrospectively examined the pattern of lymph node metastasis and the surgical outcome with reference to the Internati
Primary liver cancer: Pattern of metastasis
โ Scribed by Dr. Yeu-Tsu Margaret Lee; Deborah A. Geer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 444 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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