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Photodynamic therapy in biliary cancer

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | May 8, 2005 - 12:00am

Primary cancer of the bile ducts (cholangiocarcinoma) is an uncommon malignant tumor that may arise anywhere within the bile duct epithelium. Cholangiocar-cinomas are typically associated with an extremely poor prognosis,...

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