Palliative procedures in the management of unresectable pancreatic cancer: Our experience and review of literature;Le procedure palliative nel trattamento dei tumori del pancreas non resecabili. Studio retrospettivo su 294 pazienti e revisione della letteratura

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-193

  Proposito, D ^a   Santoro, R ^a   Mancini, B ^a   Gallina, S ^a   Carboni, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Palliative treatments; Pancreatic neoplasm

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHOLESTASIS; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CHOLESTASIS; DUODENAL OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032013934     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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