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Distal Bile Duct

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Extrahepatic bile duct was a single chapter in the sixth edition, this has been divided into two chapters for the seventh edition [Perihilar Bile Ducts (see Chap. 21) and Distal Bile Duct] Two site-specific prognostic factors, preoperative or pretreatment serum carcinoembryonic antigen and CA19-9, are recommended for collection

(Sarcoma and carcinoid tumors are not included)

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Compton, C.C., Byrd, D.R., Garcia-Aguilar, J., Kurtzman, S.H., Olawaiye, A., Washington, M.K. (2012). Distal Bile Duct. In: Compton, C., Byrd, D., Garcia-Aguilar, J., Kurtzman, S., Olawaiye, A., Washington, M. (eds) AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2080-4_22

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