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Response to: “Surgical Volume Alone Does Not Determine Outcome Following Liver Transplant for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma”

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  1. Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Boulevard, CFP-2, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA

    Toshihiro Kitajima MD, PhD, Tayseer Shamaa MD, Marwan S. Abouljoud MD & Shunji Nagai MD, PhD

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

    Taizo Hibi MD, PhD

  3. Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

    Dilip Moonka MD

  4. Multi-Organ Transplant and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary, Surgical Oncology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Gonzalo Sapisochin MD, PhD

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Toshihiro Kitajima, Tayseer Shamaa, Taizo Hibi, Dilip Moonka, Gonzalo Sapisochin, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai have no conflicts of interest to declare as defined by Annals of Surgical Oncology.

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Kitajima, T., Shamaa, T., Hibi, T. et al. Response to: “Surgical Volume Alone Does Not Determine Outcome Following Liver Transplant for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma”. Ann Surg Oncol 27 (Suppl 3), 932–933 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-09117-x

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