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Comment
. 2011 May;8(5):252-3.
doi: 10.1038/nrgastro.2011.67.

Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: A much needed but imperfect new staging system

Masato Nagino  1
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Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: A much needed but imperfect new staging system

Masato Nagino. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 May.

Abstract

A new staging system for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma has recently been proposed to standardize the reporting of this intractable disease. However, the system has several flaws; thus, many revisions are needed before a registry can be established that uses this system.

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