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Gallbladder Cancer: Complete Resection after Second Line Treatment in Stage IV Disease

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  1. Oncology Department, Hospital Pedro Hispano, R. Dr. Eduardo Torres, Sra. da Hora, 4464-513, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Maria Castelo Branco, Fernanda Estevinho & Carlos Sottomayor

  2. Department of Pathology, Hospital Pedro Hispano, R. Dr. Eduardo Torres, Sra. da Hora, 4464-513, Matosinhos, Portugal

    João Correia Pinto & Mrinalini Honavar

  3. Department of Surgery, Hospital Pedro Hispano, R. Dr. Eduardo Torres, Sra. da Hora, 4464-513, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Carlos Raposo

  4. Radiology Department, Hospital Pedro Hispano, R. Dr. Eduardo Torres, Sra. da Hora, 4464-513, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Ana Catarina Silva

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Castelo Branco, M., Estevinho, F., Correia Pinto, J. et al. Gallbladder Cancer: Complete Resection after Second Line Treatment in Stage IV Disease. J Gastrointest Canc 50, 564–567 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-017-0044-5

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