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Is endoscopic ultrasonography superior to multidetector CT for assessing pancreatic cancer?

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European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer trial evaluating chemotherapy and chemoradiation in 550 patients with resected pancreatic cancer

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Neoptolemos, J. Is endoscopic ultrasonography superior to multidetector CT for assessing pancreatic cancer?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2, 78–79 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0096

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