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Is Routine Biopsy of Suspicious Liver Lesions Recommended?

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  1. Department of Hepato-pancreato-biliary Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Room 11-1230, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2N2

    John B. Conneely & Steven Gallinger

  2. Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    J. Robert Beecroft

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Conneely, J.B., Beecroft, J.R. & Gallinger, S. Is Routine Biopsy of Suspicious Liver Lesions Recommended?. J Gastrointest Surg 18, 2228–2229 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-014-2652-8

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