Improved preoperative clinical staging system for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma using the ABC factors: a

Yiyun Huang1, Wenkai Ye1, Junnan Huang1

  • 1The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Frontiers in Oncology
|February 13, 2026
PubMed
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