Questions most commonly asked regarding pancreatic cancer

Problems in General Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Todd, Karen E ^a   Lane, John S ^a   Reber, Howard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030690263     PISSN: 07398328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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