European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 12 , Pages 1328-1334 , December 2008

Liver resection for metastatic gastric cancer

  • A. Thelen

      Affiliations

    • Departmant of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 30 450 652494; fax: +49 30 450 552900.
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  • S. Jonas

      Affiliations

    • Departmant of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • C. Benckert

      Affiliations

    • Departmant of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • E. Lopez-Hänninen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • U. Neumann

      Affiliations

    • Departmant of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • B. Rudolph

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • G. Schumacher

      Affiliations

    • Departmant of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • P. Neuhaus

      Affiliations

    • Departmant of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

,Accepted 23 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.01.022

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 12 , Pages 1328-1334 , December 2008

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