Pancreatic cancer: Current status of treatment and survival of 16071 patients diagnosed from 1981-1996, using the Japanese National Pancreatic Cancer Database

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-157

  Matsuno, Seiki ^a   Egawa, Shinichi ^a   Shibuya, Kazuhiko ^a   Shimamura, Hiromune ^a   Sunamura, Makoto ^a   Takeda, Kazunori ^a   Katoh, Hiroyuki ^b   Okada, Shuichi ^b   Suda, Koichi ^b   Nakao, Akimasa ^b   Isaji, Shuji ^b   Hiraoka, Takehisa ^b   Hosotani, Ryo ^b   Imaizumi, Toshihide ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Japanese Pancreas Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multidisciplinary treatment; National database; Pancreatic cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033936013     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012030     Document Type: Article

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