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Pathology of Liver Tumors

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Liver Cancer

Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology ((DION,volume 30))

Abstract

In evaluating a tumor in the liver, the pathologist should ask several questions that have a direct bearing on possible therapy.

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  1. Zachary D. Goodman
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  2. Kamal G. Ishak
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Rita and Stanley H. Kaplan Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Joseph C. Bottino M.D.  & Franco M. Muggia M.D.  & 

  2. Clinical Oncology Program, University of California,Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, 92668, USA

    Richard W. Opfell M.D.

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Goodman, Z.D., Ishak, K.G. (1985). Pathology of Liver Tumors. In: Bottino, J.C., Opfell, R.W., Muggia, F.M. (eds) Liver Cancer. Developments in Oncology, vol 30. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2593-2_1

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