Multidisciplinary Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

It is now widely accepted that multidisciplinary collaboration and multimodality treatment approaches are important in improving the survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. In this comprehensive textbook, internationally renowned experts in the field present and discuss the various strat...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas. (Editor), Brouquet, Antoine. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Recent Results in Cancer Research, 190
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16037-0
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