Are pancreatic tumors hormone dependent?: A case report of unusual, rapidly growing pancreatic tumor during pregnancy, its possible relationship to female sex hormones, and review of the literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Ganepola, G A P ^a,b,d   Gritsman, Andrey Y ^a,c   Asimakopulos, Nicholas ^a   Yiengpruksawan, Anusak ^a  

^a VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology Valley Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d Department of Clinical Surgery Columbia Univ Coll Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PLOIDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0032911277     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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