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Focus on Treatment of Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

    Eddie K. Abdalla MD (Assistant Professor of Surgery) & Jean-Nicolas Vauthey MD

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, Unit 444, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, PO Box 301402, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas, 77230-1402

    Eddie K. Abdalla MD (Assistant Professor of Surgery)

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Abdalla, E.K., Vauthey, JN. Focus on Treatment of Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 11, 1035–1036 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2004.10.906

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