The role of chemotherapy in biliary tract carcinoma.

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Published in HPB (Oxford) on January 01, 2008

Authors

C Verslype1, H Prenen, E Van Cutsem

Author Affiliations

1: Digestive Oncology Unit, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.

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