Radiation, chemotherapy with liver transplant improves cancer survival
9th Sep 2005, 22:10 GMT
A new treatment for patients with a type of bile duct cancer promises a greater chance at survival by combining radiation, chemotherapy and liver transplantation, Mayo Clinic physicians report in the September issue of the Annals of Surgery.
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