Yonsei Med J.  2015 Jan;56(1):309-310. 10.3349/ymj.2015.56.1.309.

Does Liver Resection Provide Long-Term Survival Benefits for Breast Cancer Patients with Liver Metastasis? A Question Yet to Be Answered

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. lee.ser.yee@sgh.com.sg
  • 2Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore.
  • 3Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
  • 4Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.
  • 5Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Abstract

No abstract available.


MeSH Terms

Breast Neoplasms/*complications/*surgery
Female
Humans
Liver Neoplasms/*secondary/*surgery
Male

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