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Editorial
. 2018 Nov-Dec;24(6):309-310.
doi: 10.4103/sjg.SJG_501_18.

Surgical resection vs radiofrequency ablation in older adults with early stage hepatocellular carcinoma: Where do we stand?

Bandar Al-Judaibi  1 , M Katherine Dokus  1
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Editorial

Surgical resection vs radiofrequency ablation in older adults with early stage hepatocellular carcinoma: Where do we stand?

Bandar Al-Judaibi et al. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2018 Nov-Dec.
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