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  1. Department of Radiology, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Carlos Valls

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  1. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Dept. Surgical Oncology, University of Texas, Holcombe Blvd. 1515, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    Jean-Nicolas Vauthey

  2. São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da, Universidade de São Paulo,, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de, Ave Dr Arnaldo 251, São Paulo, 01246-000, São Paulo, Brazil

    Paulo M. Hoff

  3. University of Liverpool, St Helens Teach, Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens, WA9 3DA, United Kingdom

    Riccardo A. Audisio

  4. Center for Digestive Diseases, University Hospital Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom

    Graeme J. Poston

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Valls, C., Martínez, L., Ruiz, S., Alba, E. (2009). Radiological Imaging of Liver Metastases. In: Vauthey, JN., Hoff, P., Audisio, R., Poston, G. (eds) Liver Metastases. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-947-7_1

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