Liver Metastases from Gynecological Cancers: Time to Resection?
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Liver Metastases from Gynecological Cancers: Time to Resection?
Aim: To perform an update of liver resection as treatment of liver metastases of gynecological cancers, as well as an update on these metastases. Bibliographical Search: PubMed Search 1990-2011 in English language. Authors reviewed only relevant articles. Results: No more than 20 relevant articles have been published on this topic, including case reports. We performed a classical review of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Science
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2157-9407,2157-9415
DOI: 10.4236/ss.2012.33024