Predictive value of clinical features at initial presentation in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A Series of 308 Cases

Medical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 233-237

  Ganti, Apar Kishor ^a   Potti, Anil ^a   Koch, Michael ^b   Tendulkar, Ketki ^a   Hanekom, David ^b   Koka, Vijay ^a   Levitt, Ralph ^c  

^a UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^b MeritCare Hospital   (United States)

^c MeritCare Roger Maris Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Epidemiology; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; Risk factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0036918101     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MO:19:4:233     Document Type: Article

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