Pancreatic cancer and cancer screening programs: from nihilism to hope.

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  • Raffaele Pezzilli
  • Roberto Corinaldesi
  • Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate
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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JOP : Journal of the pancreas

دوره 11 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010