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Videos — January 28, 2022

Featuring:

Milind M. Javle, MD
Hubert L. and Olive Stringer Professor
Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Chair
NCI Task Force: Hepatobiliary Cancers
Dr Milind Javle provides his perspectives on key presentations on cholangiocarcinoma and biliary tract cancer at the 2022 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

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