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Is It a Time to Modify the BCLC Guidelines in Terms of the Role of Surgery?

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  1. Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Norihiro Kokudo

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Kokudo, N. Is It a Time to Modify the BCLC Guidelines in Terms of the Role of Surgery?. World J Surg 39, 469–470 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2915-2

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