Chemoradiation for unresectable gall bladder cancer: time to review historic nihilism?

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Published in J Gastrointest Cancer on December 01, 2011

Authors

Reena Engineer1, Tabassum Wadasadawala, Shaesta Mehta, Umesh Mahantshetty, Nilendu Purandare, Venkatesh Rangarajan, Shyam Kishore Shrivastava

Author Affiliations

1: Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India. reena_engineer@rediffmail.com

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