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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2017; 06(01): 010-019
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.202567
Letter to the Editor

Billiary obstruction in a metastatic tumor of the pancreas from breast cancer

Bajpai Jyoti
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
Chauhan Bharat
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
Thippeswamy Ravi
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
Ramani K. Subhash
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
Patil Asawari
Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
Gupta Sudeep
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra
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