Palliation of unresectable cholangiocarcinoma: can we do more than merely drain?

Guido Costamagna; Ivo Boškoski

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1393090

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2015; 47(10): 871-872
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1393090

Editorial

Palliation of unresectable cholangiocarcinoma: can we do more than merely drain?

Authors

Guido Costamagna

¹Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

²Chair of Digestive Endoscopy, USIAS, Strasbourg University, France
Ivo Boškoski

¹Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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