European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 33 , Pages S35-S41 , December 2007

Neoadjuvant treatment before resection of liver metastases

  • S. Benoist
    • ,
  • B. Nordlinger

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, 9 avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92104 Boulogne Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 1 4909 5586; fax: +33 1 4909 5869.

,Accepted 26 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.09.022

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 33 , Pages S35-S41 , December 2007

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