Case series of 17 patients with cholangiocarcinoma among young adult workers of a printing company in Japan

An outbreak of cholangiocarcinoma occurred among workers in the offset color proof‐printing department at a printing company in Japan. The aim of this study was to clarify the characteristics of the patients with cholangiocarcinoma.

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