Are we appropriately following patients with incidental pancreatic cysts?

Am J Surg

Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Dana Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address:

Published: November 2021

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