Pancreatic cancer resection in elderly patients

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 607-610

  Dicarlo, V ^a   Balzano, G ^a   Zerbi, A ^a   Villa, E ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EATING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031807281     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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