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Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: A New Classification for an Old Challenge

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Talamonti, M. Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: A New Classification for an Old Challenge. Ann Surg Oncol 13, 1019–1020 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2006.02.902

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